Greek Arts and Culture

Aeschylus

• Greek tragic playwright who added the second actor and props to his plays

• Greek comic playwright who wrote plays using satire, parodies, and puns

• Greek tragic playwright who added the third actor

Aristophanes

• Greek tragic playwright who added the second actor and props to his plays

• Greek comic playwright who wrote plays using satire, parodies, and puns

• Greek tragic playwright who added the third actor

Sophocles

• Greek comic playwright who wrote plays using satire, parodies, and puns

• Greek tragic playwright who added the second actor and props to his plays

• Greek tragic playwright who added the third actor

Base

• Topmost part of a column

• Decorative foot of column

• Horizontal lintel supported by columns

• Slight curve in the shaft of a column

• Horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration in entablature

Capital

• Topmost part of a column

• Decorative foot of column

• Horizontal lintel supported by columns

• Slight curve in the shaft of a column

• Horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration in entablature

Chorus

• Trained group of dancers and singers who added the communities' perspective to a play

• Plays which developed in the 6th century BCE to honor Dionysus

• A play in which satyrs were the main characters; meant to be fun and light-hearted

Corinthian column

• Column which uses a plain, unadorned capital

• Column which uses scrolls or volutes to form capital

• column which uses carved acanthus leaves and flowers to form capital

Doric column

• Column which uses a plain, unadorned capital

• Column which uses scrolls or volutes to form capital

• column which uses carved acanthus leaves and flowers to form capital

Ionic column

• Column which uses a plain, unadorned capital

• Column which uses scrolls or volutes to form capital

• column which uses carved acanthus leaves and flowers to form capital

Philosophy

• The study of human existence

• The study of animals

• The study of divinity