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1 Western Civilization Greek Theater

2 The Greek Theater 5th Century B. C. Golden Age of Greek Drama
Dramatic festivals were popular People witnessed tragic and comic plays 2

3 Overview of Greek Theatre
The land The myths The stage

4 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)

5 Located in Europe in the Aegean Sea
The Land Located in Europe in the Aegean Sea

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7 The Land

8 Overview of Greek Theatre
The land The myths The stage

9 The Stage

10 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

11 The Stage

12 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)

13 The Stage

14 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.

15 Masks of Greek Theater

16 The masks were worn for many reason including:
1. Visibility 2. Acoustic Assistance 3. Few Actors, Many Roles 4. Characterization

17 Some general categories of masks
1. OLD MEN Smooth-Faced, White, Grizzled, Black-Haired, Flaxen and More Flaxen 2. YOUNG MEN Common, Curled, More Curled, Graceful, Horrid, Pale and Less Pale 3. SLAVES Leathern, Peaked-Beard, Flat Nose 4. WOMEN Freed Old Woman, Old Domestic, Middle Aged, Leathern, Pale-Disheveled, Pale Middle Aged, Whorish-Disheveled, Virgin, Girl 5. SPECIALIST MASKS Some made for specific characters, others for: Mourning, Blindness, Deceit, Drunkenness...etc. (The comic masks, those especially of old comedy, were as like as possible to true persons they represented, or made to appear more ridiculous)

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19 Masks of Greek Theater

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21 Masks of Greek Theater

22 Comedy (Servant or Herald ) Tragedy (Weeping Chorus)
Modern-day replicas Hero-King Comedy (Servant or Herald ) Tragedy (Weeping Chorus)

23 Theater at Epidaurus

24 Theater at Epidaurus

25 Major Greek Dramatists
Aeschylus 524 B.C. Seven Against Thebes Sophocles 496 B.C. Antigone Oedipus Euripides 480 B.C. Medea Dramatist Born Wrote

26 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, Kreon, became king of Thebes

27 Sophocles

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29 Overview of Greek Theatre
The land The myths The stage

30 Myths played a key role in Greek drama

31 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)

32 Explained the Unexplainable
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!

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

34 Roots in Worship of Dionysus
God of wine and revelry

35 Theater of Dionysus Dionysia was an annual festival in honor of the god Dionysus Theater of Dionysus was an open-air Theater with room for fifteen thousand spectators 35

36 carved out of a stone hillside
Theater of Dionysus carved out of a stone hillside looked like a semicircle with steeply rising tiers of seats 36

37 Theater of Dionysus 37

38 Theater of Dionysus At the bottom was the rounded orchestra or performance area where the chorus sang and danced 38

39 Dionysus Theater in Athens

40 Theater of Dionysus Behind the orchestra was an open, almost bare, stage where actors spoke their lines from behind huge masks 40

41 Dionysus Theater in Athens

42 Dionysus Theater in Athens

43 Theater of Dionysus Male actors performed all the roles
Actors switched masks to play a number of roles – both female and male 43

44 Dionysus and Satyrs

45 To give credibility to leaders
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.

46 To give hope 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. Where DID hope come from? After unleashing suffering, famine, disease, and many other evils, the last thing Pandora let out was HOPE.

47 Oracle of Delphi

48 Oracle of Delphi

49 Delphi

50 Delphi

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

52 The Olympians Are the 12 Main Gods

53 The Olympians

54 Zeus King of gods Heaven Storms Thunder lightning

55 The Storyline

56 Central Character is of the Elite Class

57 Central Character suffers a Downfall

58 Central Character is Neither Wholly good nor wholly evil

59 Downfall is the result of a Fatal Flaw

60 Misfortunes involve characters who are related or who are friends

61 Tragic actions take place offstage

62 Central Character has a moment of recognition

63 Audience experiences pity and fear

64 Pity and Fear leads to a catharsis

65 The End

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