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Ancient Greek Theater: The Birthplace of Western Drama
How Greek drama grew from choral songs for Dionysus, the traditional role of Thespis, and the City Dionysia in Athens, and what we can and cannot know about it.
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Greek Theater and Tragedy
Drama, tragedy and comedy in ancient Greece.
Ancient Greek Comedy: The Birthplace of Western Satire
Old Comedy, Aristophanes and political satire in Athens, and the later shift to the gentler domestic plots of Menander and New Comedy.
Ancient Greek Tragedy: The Masterpieces of Euripides
Euripides and his psychologically probing tragedies, including Medea and the Bacchae, and how his style and questions differ from those of Sophocles.
Ancient Greek Tragedy: The Masterpieces of Sophocles
The seven surviving plays of Sophocles, from Oedipus the King and Antigone to Philoctetes, and the dramatic innovations traditionally credited to him.
The Ancient Greek Theater: A Legacy of Art and Entertainment
The physical Greek theatre: the orchestra, skene, masks and acoustics at sites such as Epidaurus, and what it was like to sit in the audience.
The Ancient Greeks' Love of Theater
The festivals, contests and audiences of Athenian drama: the City Dionysia, the Lenaia, choregoi, judging and how citizens took part.
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