Exam 13: The Greeks to the Rise of Christianity

One of the main features of ancient Greek theatres was a circular playing or "dancing place." This circular playing area was called the...

What words do scholars use to identify later Greek comic plays (i.e.,plays that happened after the end of the Peloponnesian war when there was little freedom of speech in Athens)?

Dionysus was the god of...

One of the purposes of Greek drama was to produce a catharsis in the audience.What is a catharsis? Do we experience the same thing today when we see a tragic play or film? In what way is our experience similar or different from the Greeks?

Which phrase means "god from a machine" and is used to describe a contrived or unimaginative ending during which an unbelievable coincidence or implausible twist (like a god flying in)sets all the problems of the play right?

Why were later Roman mime performances often silent?

The two centuries between 323 BCE and 146 BCE were known as the Hellenistic period because many societies around the Mediterranean and beyond…

This ancient Greek playwright wrote Medea.

Around 500 BCE,Greece was made up of strong independent city-states,including all but which of the following?

What did Thespis do that made him such a famous theatre person?

Which Roman playwright was also a tutor to the Emperor Nero?

The seating or "seeing place" in an ancient Greek theatre was called the...

Which playwright wrote Oedipus Rex?

The word philosophy comes from the ancient Greek words for ____________________ and ____________________.

Oedipus is one of the most recognized dramatic figures in Western theatre history.In that way,he is similar to Hamlet or Faust.Even people who have not read the plays in which these characters are present will often know the basic story line.Why are many of us still intrigued over 2,000 years later with the character of Oedipus?

What does "hubris" mean?

What words do scholars use to identify early Greek comic plays (i.e.,plays that happened before the end of the Peloponnesian war when there was still a relatively high degree of freedom of speech in Athens)?

Greek plays often began with a short introductory speech or scene known as the ____________________.

What modern word do we derive from the building that once served as a dressing room in the ancient Greek theatre?

How did the early Christians feel about the theatre?