[THAR 280] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 38 pages long Study Guide!
1 Dec 2016
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Purposeful view early: set in a hillside. Center of the city later: the town starts to grow around the theatre. The threshing circle: where the shape of the greek amphitheater came from. Acoustically sound: with skene, you could create an acoustic setting, both rts and sti are reduced. Altar to dionysus: thymele, as the actors would come out would leave an offering to the statue and so would the people coming to see the play. Originally one door -dead center: later three doors (center door door to the home, right door to another town, left door to a different pane of existence heaven or hell) Originally temporary structure: later a permanent fixture. Used for cooling: so the breeze would enter from the valley, there were troughs and as the breeze went over the troughs, it would make the breeze cooler, aka swamp cooler. 5th century spectators sat on cushioned board.
