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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?

  • 6
  • 3
  • 2
  • 4

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?

  • 3
  • 5
  • 4
  • 6

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