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Greek Theatre

Greek Theatre. Overview Greek Gods Antigone. Overview of Greek Theatre. The myths. The land. The stage. The Land. Greece has thousands of inhabited islands and dramatic mountain ranges Greece has a rich culture and history Democracy was founded in Greece

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Greek Theatre

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  1. Greek Theatre Overview Greek Gods Antigone

  2. Overview of Greek Theatre • The myths • The land • The stage

  3. The Land • Greece has thousands of inhabited islands and dramatic mountain ranges • Greece has a rich culture and history • Democracy was founded in Greece • Patriarchal (male dominated) society • Philosophy, as a practice, began in Greece (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle)

  4. The Land Located in Europe in the Aegean Sea

  5. The Land

  6. Overview of Greek Theatre • The land • The myths • The stage

  7. The Stage

  8. The Stage Three Main Portions of Greek Theatre: Skene – Portion of stage where actors performed (included 1-3 doors in and out) Orchestra – “Dancing Place” where chorus sang to the audience Theatron – Seating for audience

  9. The Stage

  10. The Stage • Greek plays were performed during religious ceremonies held in honor of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and revelry (altars generally on stage) • Banks would shut down for days, people would travel from all around to see the drama competitions—even prisoners were temporarily released to see the plays • Tragedy means “goat song” (relates to Dionysian rituals)

  11. The Stage

  12. Where and how were the dramas performed? …In an amphitheatre …With a chorus who described most of the action. …With masks …With all the fighting and movement going on off stage.….With tragedy first, then comedy later.

  13. Several features of Greek theatres are worth noting. • The enormous size. In the Theatre of Dionysus at Athens it is approximately 350 feet from the last row in the theatron to the facade of the skene. That's the equivalent of sitting behind one goal post in a football stadium and watching a play being enacted behind the other goal post. • It is estimated that the Theatre of Dionysus at Athens held between 18,000 and 20,000 people, making it perhaps the largest facility ever created for watching theatrical performances. At least two thirds of the citizens of Athens could be accommodated in the theatre at the same time.

  14. Several features of Greek theatres are worth noting. • Greek theatres were never separate from the city. The spectator never left his ordinary world to enter a separate world of the theatre. He remained in both at the same time. • All Greek theatres had the same elements: orchestra, theatron, skene, and paradoi, and they always simply existed, next to each other, in the same place. They were never contained inside of anything, or organized in any way that diminished any part's separateness.

  15. Major Greek Dramatists

  16. Sophocles’ Antigone • Set in Thebes (a city in ancient Greece) • Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta • Antigone’s brothers, Eteokles and Polyneces, took opposite sides in a war • Eteokles and Polyneces killed each other in battle • Antigone’s uncle, Creon, became king of Thebes

  17. Copy Only The Boxed Portion!

  18. The land Overview of Greek Theatre • The myths • The stage

  19. Myths Played a Key Rolein Greek Drama

  20. The Myths – Why they were written • Explained the unexplainable • Justified religious practices • Gave credibility to leaders • Gave hope • Polytheistic (more than one god) • Centered around the twelve Olympians (primary Greek gods)

  21. When Echo tried to get Narcissus to love her, she was denied. Saddened, she shriveled to nothing, her existence melting into a rock. Only her voice remained. Hence, the echo! Explained the Unexplainable

  22. Dionysian cults in ancient Greece were founded to worship Dionysus, god of grapes, vegetation, and wine. To justify religious practices

  23. The Romans used myths to create family trees for their leaders, enforcing the made-up idea that the emperors were related to the gods and were, then, demigods. To give credibility to leaders

  24. The ancient citizens of Greece would sacrifice and pray to an ORACLE. An oracle was a priest or priestess who would send a message to the gods from mortals who brought their requests. To give hope Where DID hope come from? After unleashing suffering, famine, disease, and many other evils, the last thing Pandora let out was HOPE.

  25. Mount Olympus… …Where the Olympians lived. Who are the Olympians?

  26. The Olympians Are the 12 Main Gods

  27. Temperaments of the Olympians

  28. King of gods Heaven Storms Thunder lightning Zeus

  29. Poseidon • Zeus’s brother • King of the sea • Earthquakes • Horses

  30. Hades • Brother to Zeus and Poseidon • King of the Underworld (Tartarus) • Husband of Persphone

  31. Ares • God of war

  32. Hephaestus • God of fire • Craftspeople • Metalworkers • Artisans

  33. Apollo • God of the sun • Music • Poetry • Fine arts • Medicine

  34. Messenger to the gods Trade Commerce Travelers Thieves & scoundrels Hermes

  35. Dionysus • God of Wine • Partying (Revelry)

  36. Hera • Queen of gods • Women • Marriage • Childbirth

  37. Demeter • Goddess of Harvest • Agriculture • Fertility • Fruitfulness • Mom to Persephone

  38. Hestia • Goddess of Hearth • Home • Community

  39. Athena • Goddess of wisdom • Practical arts • War

  40. Aphrodite • Goddess of love and beauty

  41. Artemis • Goddess of hunting and the moon.

  42. The End

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