1. Theatre History
Greek Theater

2. Myths
To explain the confusing occurrences of nature

3. First Theater Participant Ikhernofret
Abydos Passion Play in Egypt in 1860 B.C.

4. A Greek playwright that dared to speak alone, apart from the chorus.
Thespis
Thespian
A Greek playwright that dared to speak alone, apart from the chorus.

5. Greek Theaters Amphitheater
Amphitheater: outside theaters that could hold up to 25,000 people
Orchestra: Circular areas in the center of the seating, contained the altar.
Skene: Scenic back drop
Proscenium: the main playing area in front of the Skeen

6. First Formal Theater Crete 1400 / 1700 B.C.
Amphitheater

8. Theatre of Dionysus
330 B.C.
Seats / 15,000 people

9. Theatre at Epidaurus 350 B.C.
Seats / 15,000 people

10. Theatre at Ephesus
Seats / 25,000 People

11. Greek Theater Conventions
Masks
Chorus
Are simple efficient ways of communication that which everyone understands and accepts.

12. The Chorus
The chorus in a Greek play was often used to reflect the feelings of the general population or make social commentary.

13. Tragedy:
Is a serious play with a protagonist who bravely faces troubles cause by his own actions or the actions of others.

14. Aeschylus
The Oresteia, the greatest, most vast complex group of plays in history including Shakespeare.

15. Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
Sophocles
Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone

16. The Trojan Women & Medea
Euripides
The Trojan Women & Medea

17. Comedy:
an up beat or humorous play about daily life.

18. Aristophanes
Birds, Frogs, or Clouds

19. Menander
The Grouch

20. Satyr
Were companions of Dionysus, the god of wine and revelry, and were supposedly half-man, half-beast.
Satyr Plays were short comic relief presented at the end of the tragedies. The forerunners of todays cartoons.
Cyclops, by Euripides
The Trackers, by Sophocles

21. is best known as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
 is best known as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets. Author of the first known literature of Europe, he is central to the Western canon.
Homer
Greek Poet

22. το τέλος
The End