Greek theater
Outdoor semicircular venue
Greek theater refers to the dramatic tradition that originated in ancient Athens, including tragedy and comedy performed in open-air amphitheaters.
The term also describes the distinctive semicircular performance spaces themselves, with tiered stone seating built into hillsides: The acoustics in Greek theaters were remarkable.
Modern usage sometimes invokes Greek theater to describe dramatic or exaggerated behavior.
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- tragic heroCharacter whose flaw causes ruin
- skeneGreek theater structure
- chorusSingers performing together
open air · Sophocles · dramatic irony · Dionysus · Aeschylus · mask · strophe · catharsis · Aristophanes · orchestra · Greek chorus · Euripides · deus ex machina · columns · festival · ancient Athens · dialogue · spoken word
- ancient GreeceAthens, Sparta, Zeus, Parthenon, Acropolis
- Greek TheaterGreek tragedy, tragedy, Greek drama, comedy, Sophocles
- Ancient Theaterskene, orchestra, cavea, proscenium, vomitorium
- Ancient theatersColosseum, Roman Colosseum, Leptis Magna
- Greek dramacomedy, tragedy, Greek chorus, Greek theatre, Greek plays
- Greek LiteratureHomer, myths, Greek poetry, fables, Iliad
Greek theatermodern theater
Current era's stage arts
contemporary drama · Broadway theater · West End theater · Hollywood film · television drama
Greek theaterblack box theater
Unadorned experimental performance space
opera house · concert hall · movie theater · television studio · studio theater