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Greek Theater

Greek Theater. City States. http://sillysoft.net/ael/screenshots/?name=Ancient%20Greece&image=AEL%20Greek%20City%20States. Playwrights. Aeschylus (c . 525–456 BCE) The Persians (472 BCE) Seven Against Thebes (467 BCE) The Oresteia (458 BCE)

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Greek Theater

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  1. Greek Theater

  2. City States http://sillysoft.net/ael/screenshots/?name=Ancient%20Greece&image=AEL%20Greek%20City%20States

  3. Playwrights • Aeschylus(c. 525–456 BCE) • The Persians (472 BCE) • Seven Against Thebes (467 BCE) • The Oresteia(458 BCE) • Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides. • Sophocles(c. 495-406 BCE) • Theban plays, or Oedipus cycle: • Antigone (c. 442 BCE) • Oedipus the King (c. 429 BCE) • Oedipus at Colonus (401 BCE, posthumous) • Ajax (unknown, presumed earlier in career) • Euripides(c. 480–406 BCE) • Medea(431 BCE) • Sisyphos(415 BCE) • Herakles(421-416 BCE) • The Trojan Women (Troades) (415 BCE) • Helen(412 BCE) • The Cyclops (c. 408 BCE) Aeschylus http://wdict.net/word/aeschylus/

  4. Sophocles From : http://www.greektheatre.gr/sophocles.html • Born 497 BCE in Colonos, Athens • Possibly from an aristocratic family • Some sources say he was the son of a knife-maker • As a young man, considered handsome, and a great athlete • Competed against Aeschylus in drama competitions • Attained the rank of General in the Athenian military • Wrote the Oedipus cycle as three separate plays rather than an intentional trilogy • Increased the number of hypocrites (actors) from 2to 3, and the chorus from 12 to 15 watson.org

  5. Aristotele said that "honey was dropping from his mouth" due to his harmonic writing • At the end of his life he was dragged before the jury by his son Iofon, charged for dementia. In the court he recited a part of his latest work, "Oedipus at Colonus". The judges admired his spirit and found him innocent • Died in Athens in 405 BC at the age of 92 • Wrote 123 dramas, of which only 7 are saved http://www.all-art.org/world_literature/sophocles1.htm Sophocles

  6. Greek Theater • Theater’s purpose was to honor the god Dionysus • Annual drama competitions were held • Actors were limited • Originally, the playwright was the only performer! • Sophocles pushed the number of actors all the way to three Dionysus: God of Wine, fertility and the pleasures of civilization http://www.gods-heros-myth.com/godpages/dionysus.html

  7. Chorus • The Chorus was important because the number of actors was limited (partly due to the competition rules) • Shows how an ideal audience will react • Also comments on themes and gives background info. • Usually sang their roles http://mythologywithcrampton-crampton.blogspot.com/2010/10/greek-drama-for-today-october-6th-2010.html

  8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Epidaurus_Theater.jpg • Masks were typically worn so that audiences could see expressions from a distance • Chorus stood at ground level, actors somewhat higher near the “Skene” (back wall of the stage) • Death was always behind the Skênê, hidden from the audience • Mechane • a crane that gave the impression of a flying actor (thus, deus ex machina). • Trap doors • lift people onto the stage • Pinakes • pictures hung to create scenery Wikipedia.org

  9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_greek_theater_%28en%29.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_greek_theater_%28en%29.svg

  10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GriechTheater2.PNG

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