LESSON 2: (PARTS OF GREEK THEATER)

• PARTS OF GREEK THEATER

  1. DIAZOMATA
  2. KERKIDES
  3. THEATRON/KOILON/CAVEA
  4. PROHEDRIA
  5. SKENE
• DIAZOMATA - Broad curving latitudinal passageways and walkways.
• KERKIDES - Divider of the seating areas into sections 
• THEATRON/KOILON/CAVEA

  • Seating area that was organized in different sections according to the social class of the viewers.
  • Originally referred to as the audience space.
• CAVEA means enclosure
• PROHEDRIA

  • It means in front of or around the orchestra
  • Most honored seats reserved especially for priests, notably the priest of Dionysus and dignitaries 
• ORCHESTRA

  • Constructed in a circular manner, semi – circular for roman theater
  • Stage for performance 
• SKENE - Tent behind the orchestra where the backdrop is hung and where the actors can hide and change their costumes.