Dionysus - the god of wine and the patron of drama; it hosted the City Dionysia festival. Among those who competed were the dramatists of the classical era whose works have survived.

Chorus - in classical Greek drama was a group of actors who described and commented upon the main action of a play with song, dance, and recitation. Greek tragedy had it's beginnings in choral performances.

Tragos - The word tragedy comes from the Greek words tragos, which means goat and oide, which means song.

Thespian - The name Greek actors & actresses were called.

Machina - a god from a machine. Now in this case '' Machine'', refers to the crane that held a god over the stage in Greek.

Deus ex machina - to resolve complicated or even seemingly hopeless situations in the plots of their plays.

The Orchestra was the "Dancing Space" or chorus area. The Orchestra was normally circular. It was a level space where the chorus would dance, sing, and interact with the actors who were on the stage near the scene.

The Skene was a large building behind the performance area. Here actors would change masks & costumes. It was originally built out of wood but would later upgrade to a stone building.

The God-Walk was the roof of the stage area where actors playing the role of a God would be placed. This made their characters more believable as they were symbolically close to the heavens.

The Parodos was the entrance to the Orchestra. These were located on the sides of the Orchestra.

The Theatron was the seating area for the audience. This was the earliest & most pronounced part of classic Greek Theatre. It was an elevated, half-circle faced towards the Orchestra and Skene.

Tragedy - To evoke a wonder born of pity and fear, the result of which is cathartic.

Aeschylus - Wrote tragedies about the difficult men must make and what they result. He is known as the "Father of Tragedy". His most famous play is Agamemnon which is about a King returning from the Trojan War as the Queen plots to murder him.

Sophocles - Known for adding the third actor and creating heavy character development. His best work is Oedipus the King, which is about a man destined to kill his father and marry his mother as the King of Thebes.

Euripedes - Carries some of the most well-known Greek tragedies to this day. He is best known for his play Medea which is about a princess who kills her former lover's new wife and children in an act of jealousy and revenge.

Comedy - Satirical and mocked men in power for their vanity and foolishness

Aristophanes - Comedic playwright know as the "Father of Old Comedy". He wrote forty plays, which eleven are still known today. His best known play is Lysistrata in which the women of Greece decide to no longer sleep with their men until the end of the Peloponnesian War.

Makeup

The majority of plays in Greek theater were performed by masked actors, and there very few evidence of makeup playing a central role in the actor's appearance. The Greek masks acted as a sort of megaphone, as their shape created a natural means of vocal amplification. More importantly, in Greek theater, an actor might play several parts. Rather than cumbersome makeup changes, an actor could simply change masks to indicate that he was playing a new character. There is some evidence, however, to support that early Greek plays may have featured actors who wore lead-based white makeup with red accents. This toxic makeup would be popular for centuries, both onstage and off.

Props

In addition to masks, there was a props maker who would created a prop for a symbolism, for example the red carpet Agamemnon walks on when he returns home from war, signifying the blood he spilled at Troy. Actors also used props to create a character. For example, a crown could represent a king; a lyre for a musician; a walking stick to suggest age; a caduceus for a messenger; spears and helmets to suggest military men.

Sets

Large performance space; needed to host as many as 10,000 people at one time. Earlier Greek theater was much simpler meaning that only an open stage was necessary. more complex plays led to the need to evolve the character. The skene served as a " backstage" of sorts, where costumes stored, hidden scenes occurred( especially scenes of death), and actors could change.