THEATRE (ART)
introduced the use of masks in Greek Theatre which depict the expressions of age and emotions.
Thespis
The actors are Sometimes referred to as
thespians
Survives today largely in the form of the eleven extant plays of Aristophanes.
old comedy
Is largely lost and preserved only in relatively short fragments by authors such as Athenaeus of Naucratis.
Middle Comedy
Primarily from the substantial papyrus fragments of Menander and
A burlesque dramatic form that blended tragic and comic elements.
New comedy
Famous Greek Tragedy
* Aeschylus
* Euripides
* Sophocles
Broad curving latitudinal passageways and walkways that intersect with the vertical stairways.
Diazomata
Dividers of the seating areas into sections.
Kerkides
in front or around the orchestra
prohedra
enclosure"
* Seating area that was organized in different sections.
* Referred as the audience space.
Theatron/koilon/cavea
Constructed in a circular manner, semi-circular for the Roman theatre, stage for performance.
Orchestra
Tent behind the orchestra where the backdrop is hung and where the actors can hide and change their costumes.
Skene
platform shoes
Tragic actors
plain socks
comic actor
Stockings
Feminine
Caduceus
Messenger