| CHORUS | Feature of a classical Greek drama |
| EPITASIS | Central part of a classical Greek play, developing the main action and leading into the catastrophe (8) |
| CELLA | Feature of a classical temple |
| DORIC | In a classical Greek style of architecture (5) |
| OPENAIR | Like a classical Greek theater |
| KUDOS | A classical Greek word for praise and renown that entered into English as university slang generally meaning congrats, hats off or well done (5) |
| SYRACUSE | New York's fourth-largest city, named after a classical Greek city on Sicily (8) |
| NYMPHS | From "marry", a classical Greek word for brides, beautiful maidens or nature spirits that also means brown butterflies or young dragonflies (6) |
| PLATBAND | A border of flowers or turf in a garden; a fillet or stria between the flutes of a classical column; or, a flat fascia on an architrave (8) |
| TORES | Convex moulding at the base of a classical column; geometric surface in the form of a ring doughnut or bagel; or, the shape of a tokamak (5) |
| ABACUS | A block or tablet on the capital of a classical architectural column; or, a frame with beads for counting units, tens, hundreds etc, that is the ancient ancestor of the modern calculator (6) |
| CORNICE | A crowning portion of a classical entablature; or, more generally, a projecting moulding along the top of an arch, building, wall or window (7) |
| SATYR | ___ play (ribald genre of Greek drama with a chorus of sylvan creatures) |
| EXODE | Out of place, go off last part of Greek drama |
| STROPHE | First section of a choral ode in ancient Greek drama |
| EPODE | The concluding part of a Greek drama (5) |
| RECIT | French word for the narrative in a book as opposed to its dialogue; or, a division of a classical French organ (5) |
| AZTEC | Member of a classical civilisation of Mexico (5) |
| DEUSEXMACHINA | In ancient Greek drama, an actor, playing a god, carried to the stage by a mechanical contrivance to resolve the plot (4,2,7) |
| AESCHYLUS | 'The Father of Greek Drama' |
