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2.  Storytelling  Campfire stories  Passed on through generations

3.  The god of wine and fertility  When he died, chorus danced upon an alter, just like where goats were sacrificed, singing “goat” song  “Goat song” was also called tragos = tragedy

4.  Speaks in unison

5.  1 st member of the chorus to break away and read separately  Actors are now called thespians  Masks were said to be his creation

6.  Women were not allowed to act  To represent women, men wore masks

7.  Around 400 BC, the theatre could seat over 15,000, which made it hard for people to see and hear from all the way in the back  They were large so people all the way in the back could see  Around 30 different types of masks

8.  Raked - slanted

10.  Despite the age of these ancient plays, these stories are still so classic and universally accepted that they still remain popular in today’s society  The playwrights would do it all; write, composed music, choreographed dances, directed, & often held the lead role.  Wrote both comedies and tragedies.  Aeschylus o “Father of Tragedy” o Believed to have written over 90 plays, but only 7 survived  Sophocles o Most known for Oedipus and Antigone  Euripides o Wrote Medea  Aristophanes o Only Greek comedy writer whose plays remain intact in full