The City Dionysia

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How many playwrights were chosen to submit 3 tragedies each?
3
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Who was a choregos?
A sponsor for a production, would be a wealthy citizen
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What did choregoi pay for?
Salaries, costumes ,training, hire musicians
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Who decided on the list of suitable judges?
The Boule (a council of 500 citizens) drew a list of those suitable to be judges from each of the 10 tribes. They then placed the names in 10 urns.
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Before the contest began the Archon...
...drew out one name from each urn/tribe from the ten urns. These would then be the 10 judges.
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What did the judges swear?
An oath of impartiality
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What did the Proargon do?
Publicised the plays in advance of their performance.
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Who were the epheboi?
Young men of military age
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Who else was at the Procession?
Citizens, noble maidens, metics, choregoi
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Komos was a....
...opportunity for uninhibited pleasure with wine, singing and dancing
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Name one event of civic importance that took place
Names of citizens who had got special crowns for their civic duties were annonced
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Name another event of civic importance that took place.
Boys whose fathers had been killed in war (educated at state expense) were paraded.
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How many plays were there each day?
5
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What plays were performed each day?
3 tragedies, 1 comedy and 1 satyr
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How was the theatre purified?
A suckling pig was killed and its blood poured
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During the performance...
...wine was poured for the audience and sweetmeats were passes around
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During the comedies, what did the Chorus do?
Threw nuts and raisins to keep the audience entertained
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What happened to judge the playwrights?
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
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How long was the festival?
6 days
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What was the Parados?
A pathway that the audience and chorus used
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What did the Skene do?
Served as a backdrop, actors could change behind it
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What were the masks made out of?
Linen, plaster + then painted
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Finn

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Good, however the some of the questions don't reflect what would be asked in the exam.

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