LESSON 2: (PARTS OF GREEK THEATER)

Cards (8)

  • 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.