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6. Who was a choregos?
- A famous lyre player
- A member of the chorus, the lead member
- A sponsor for a production, would be a wealthy citizen
- A famous actor who has his name inscribed on the Dionysus statue
7. What happened to judge the playwrights?
- An assembly was held to review the festival, Archons might be praised or critisied
- Each judge wrote his order of merit on a stone tablet, the Archon drew 5, the verdict was decided on the order of merit on these 5 tablets
- An ivy wreath was given to the best choregos, a bronze tripod to the best poet
8. Who else was at the Procession?
- The Priest of Dionysus accompanied by his slaves
- The King of Athens
- Citizens, noble maidens, metics, choregoi
- Dionysus, Zeus, Athene
9. What was the Parados?
- A pathway that the audience and chorus used
- A stall selling masks and food and wine
- The hill the theatre was built into
10. Before the contest began the Archon...
- ...sacrified a young heifer and sprinkled the blood in a circle in the Orchestra
- ...drew out one name from each urn/tribe from the ten urns. These would then be the 10 judges.
- ...officially declared the festival open
- ...rang the sacred bell
11. What did choregoi pay for?
- A sacred bull to be sacrificed on the Alter of Dionysus
- Salaries, costumes ,training, hire musicians
- Nothing
12. What were the masks made out of?
- Linen, plaster + then painted
- Cement and face dye
- Wool
- Birch wood which was then painted with mud
13. How many playwrights were chosen to submit 3 tragedies each?
14. Name another event of civic importance that took place.
- Boys whose fathers had been killed in war (educated at state expense) were exiled from Athens.
- Boys whose fathers had been killed in war (educated at state expense) were paraded.
- Boys whose fathers had been killed in war (educated at state expense) were sacrificed.
15. How many plays were there each day?
16. Name one event of civic importance that took place
- Names of citizens who had got special crowns for their civic duties were annonced
- The shops would hold a big market for all the foreigners to buy goods
- Citizens who had committed crimes were punished in the town square
17. Komos was a....
- ...opportunity for uninhibited pleasure with wine, singing and dancing
- ...a meeting before the plays were performed to discuss the festival
- ...a chance for the citizens of Athens to buy new slaves
18. What plays were performed each day?
- 6 tragedies
- 3 tragedies, 1 comedy and 1 satyr
- 3 tragedies and 1 comedy
19. What did the judges swear?
- An oath of impartiality
- Not to kill anyone
- To be rigerous
- To not drink any wine and get drunk
20. How was the theatre purified?
- A young heifer was killed and its blood poured
- A suckling pig was killed and its blood poured
- A slave was killed and their blood poured