city dionysia

Cards (8)

  • when did cd take place?
    over 5 days in march
  • where was the sanctury of dionysus built?

    on the south side of the acropolis
  • who was the eponymous archon?
    the elected official who would select 3 tragic playwrights and 5 comic playwrights
  • who was the choregos

    the person who financed the plays
  • what is a pompe
    a grande procession
  • what happened at the city dionysia
    drinking, dancing, sacrifices
  • what was the komos
    • a party that took place in the streets
    • only taken part in by men
    • held on the evening of the first day
    • leather phalluses would be carried in the streets to represent fertility
  • what happened on the second day
    the priest of dionysus would sacrifice a piglet