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Greek theatre grew out of celebrations honoring Dionysius.

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Drama Poetry

Greek Religion

“deed; to do”

Theatres were built into hillsides utilizingthe natural acoustics of the landscape.

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An all-male casts performed before an all-male audience on a stage devoid of scenery.

Only three actors portrayed all of the major characters, changing masks as they changed roles.

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The remaining of the actors formed the chorus.

Poetry

Greek Religion

Tragedy Comedy

From tragoidia (“goat-song”).

From komoidia (“to revel; sing”).

Tragedies were the earliest Greek dramas, focusing on a

major character flaw that usually resulted in disaster.

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Tragedies were inspired by the myths contained in the Iliad and the Odyssey.

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Aeschylus,the “father of

Greek Tragedy”, authored The Orestia and

Agamemnon.

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His plays show the consequences of one’s deeds will carry down in generations.

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Orestia being pursued by the Furies.

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Aegisthos killing Agamemnon.

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Sophocles is credited with writing 123 plays, the

most-famous one being

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His plays accepted human suffering as unavoidableand stressed human courage and compassion.

Euripides is best-remembered for Medea and The

Trojan Women – plays that focused

on human qualities that bring disaster on to themselves.

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Poetry

Greek Religion

Tragedy Comedy

Aristophanes is the best-

known comedy

playwright.

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Plays such as The Birds and The Clouds, ridiculed people, ideas, and social customs.

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Poetry

Greek Religion

Tragedy Comedy

Epic LyricFrom epikos

(“word; speech; poem”).

The best-known examples of epic

poetry from ancient Greece

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Lyric poetry expressesemotions and thoughts.

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The most-famous Greek

poetess was Sapho

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Sappho and Phaon.

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