Ancient Greek Theater & Antigone: Webquest



Ancient Greek Theater & Antigone: Webquest Name ______________________________________

Directions: Your goal is to find out what ancient Greek theater was like. As you find descriptions and pictures online, think about how they relate to life and theater today.

Geography

. Click on Europe, then Greece. Notice that Thebes no longer exists. Compare the modern-day map at the link above with the map of ancient Greece at .

1. Where is Thebes in relation to Athens?

2. What similarities and differences do you notice between the two maps? What challenges do you think would result from how spread apart many of the ancient Greek lands are?

The Theaters





(includes a description of the theater diagram on the handout you received in class)

3. How do ancient Greek theaters compare to today’s modern theaters?

A brief intro to Greek Tragedy:

4. How many actors were on stage at one time in an ancient Greek Tragedy? How did this affect the number of characters that could be in a play?

5. Why does it matter that ancient Greek plays were based on myths? How did this affect the audience’s relationship with the plays?

6. Where did violent actions in the plays take place?

An outline of Ancient Greek Theater:

7. From what sources do we know about ancient Greek theater?

8. What is ironic about the website’s claim that in “Athens . . .-- the first democracy -- all could participate (citizens -- no women, slaves, or foreigners)”?

9. What are four qualities of Greek drama, according to this website? Are there any similarities with what you think of watching plays today? Explain.

More Sites on Ancient Greece and Greek Theater



(The “people” link includes info on Sophocles.)

(Go to Site map, then check out the links under Background Pages > Greek culture for good info on drama. There’s also lots of other interesting info at this site.)







10. Who is Dionysus, and what is his connection to Greek drama?

11. How was Greek theater “much simpler than a modern drama”?

12. Describe the Athens theater festival/competition. How was the audience involved?

13. Describe or draw what the theater would look like when filled with people.

14. What is one interesting or surprising fact about Sophocles?

15. How did ancient Greek theater evolve from consisting of a chorus to three actors and a chorus?

16. Describe the costumes worn in ancient Greek Tragedies.

17. How was ancient Greek theater funded?

If you still want to know even more about ancient Greece . . . The literature links from this site no longer work, but there are some good links to ancient Greek artwork.



Tons of links from this site, too. The “Greek and Roman Mask Timeline” is especially interesting.

19. Which website did you find the most helpful? Explain & provide a brief review of the site.

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