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3 a circular dancing area for the chorus in Greek theater
7 a building connected to the stage
10 frenzy or passion
12 a female Greek lyric poet
14 major Roman poet who wrote the Amores and Metamorphoses and was exiled from Rome
17 "fate"
19 the meter of much ancient epic
22 a descent to the Underworld included in literature
25 a group of singers and dancers in ancient Greek drama
26 a section in ancient drama when an actor directly addressed the audience
28 power
30 a lament in a tragic play, a set of lines alternating between an actor and the chorus

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1 a theater auditorium
2 piety
4 taking a scene from one Greek play and using it in a rewriting of another Greek or Roman one
5 the unwritten rules that guide the conduct of Homeric heros best enunciated by Sarpedon
6 plays that do not rely upon politics (like Old Comedy) but that focus on love and family, the most famous playwrights of this style are Menander, Philemon and Diphilus
8 a platform used in a theater that could be rolled out on wheels
9 term used to describe all of the works that tell the story of the fall of Troy
11 plays that incorporate political and social satire and emphasize the chorus; Aristophanes is a playwright who used this style
13 the first three words of the Aeneid
15 a Roman satirical poet who wrote about the vices of imperial Rome
16 "excellence"
18 an extended description used in ancient epic
20 "the customs of the forefathers", a code of conduct based upon the morals of the ancestors
21 a connection by 'type' of characters in literature or politics
23 leader
24 a Roman poet who wrote shorter poems often dedicated to Lesbia
27 ancient Greek writer of victory odes
29 the household gods