Greek theater: 3 Tragedians
What is a tragedy?
Dates lived:
Euripides
Dates lived:
Aeschylus
Dates lived:
Sophocles
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Greek Theater
3 Main Types of Ancient Greek Plays are:
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Were the Plays just for entertainment? Explain
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Draw a line from the term to the part of the amphitheater.
Theatron
Skene
Paraskenia
Orchestra
Crane
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Greek Theater:
Masks
Ancient Greek Theater used both _______________ masks and
________________ masks.
Explain the 4 reasons that masks were used during the performances:
1.
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2.
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3.
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4.
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Use this website to help answer the question.
http://web.archive.org/web/20031020085337/http://www.ripon.edu/Academics/Theatre/T
HE231/RyeJ/Masks/site/greek_home_page.html
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