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