Question

How did the structure of ancient Greek theaters reflect important elements of ancient Greek culture?

Answer 1

Greek theatre was acted out on stage and because there was no modern technology, acting had to compensate by becoming over-exaggerated. Masks and colours were used to represent characters so that the audience could identify them from a distance as the theatres were very large. Greek theatre used a chorus to feed back to the audience what was happening in the play, almost like a narrator, but instead it was a group of people. The chorus could also represent society’s views as a whole.
In ancient Greece, theatre was a really big deal. Crowds of 15,000 people would gather to see a play.