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A) Religious festivals in honor of Dionysus
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1. City of Dionysia -religious festival held in spring
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2. Dithyramb - hymn in honor of the gods
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3. Chorus - group of about 50 who sang and danced
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B) Thespis - Father of Drama - 6th c.B.C.
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1. Won prize for tragedy in 535 B.C.
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2. Said to have introduced first actor thus dialogue
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C) Sophocles - (496 - 406 B.C.)
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2. Fixed number of chorus to fifteen
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3. Introduced painted scenery
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C) Aeschylus - (525 - 426 B.C.
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2. Wrote trilogies on unified themes
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1. Reduced participation of chorus in main action
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