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figur 1figur 2figur 3figur 4the illiad
the oddyseyfound democracyartistic center of greece
by 500 bcgreeks defeat persianspolitical power broken
lost war to spartathepsis credited with
invention of tradgedyaeschylus starts
competing in c dSophocles introduces
third actorpratinas invents
satyr play sometime
before thiscomedy accepted
in to c dafter this
political and social satire
gradually disappeared
from comedy and new types,
Middle and
later New Comedy, evolvedcomedy comp
added to lenaiadrama comp at
athesteriatradgedy comp
added to c dsatyr play
added to c dseating stands
collapsed at c dAfter 487, each of
five comic writers
presented a single playDramatic activities
not officially recognized
at the Lenaia until this yearcomp for
tradgedy playwright
and actors
added to lenaiachoregoi pays for
playssophocles stopped actingtragic actor comp
added to c dafter this
actor number fixed
at threebefore this
each playwright
pick own castAeschylus’ Oresteia
first to need
building as backgroundpericles built the
Odeion joining
the theatre of dionysos
(extensive changes made
to theatre too)onward this
temporary skene
erected for each
festivalwidely assumed that after this
all plays used the
skene as a backgroundIt is difficult to establish
the use of the crane prior to thisthe hillside was apparently
regraded to change the slope
and a series of terraces,
on which rested wooden benches
were laid out.odeion built
slope of hill
changed againNew
eventNew
eventtheoric fund
for poor to go
to theatreafter war.
economic prosperity
returned.
the old forms of government
continued for a time.
loyalty to the polis undermined.
nternal dissensions increasedsparta domination
of greece passed
to thebesthebes domination
of greece
passed to macedoniaonly one satyr play
produced each year
after thiscomedy increasead in
popularity after
5th centuryprofessional singer dancers
replacing amateurs in
tragic and comic chorusesrules tragic performance
c d changedtheatre of dionysus
permanent stone
building. athenian theatre
already loosing
priveleged positionafter this
Athens was no longer
in the forefront of development
of theatreflourishing book trade
by nowПериоды
tyrants in control
promotes the artspericles leadeship
builds public buildings
including the parthenonhorace says
thepsis invented tradgedy
and a cart was the scenefirst actor/dramatist appearAeschylus adds
second actorfifth centurycomedy comp
added to r d5th century
5 of 8 days festival
devoted to performancesplato lives
comments on r dactors were at best semiprofessionals, for
there was as yet no demand for full-time performersfourth century
stone scene building
most date the permanent
skene from fourth century
(after great era of drama)aristotle
credits Sophocles with
introducing the decoration
of the skeneVitruvius
says that
skene decoration originated
in Aeschylus timesome historians have placed
the beginnings of skene decoration
between hereInconclusive evidence has led
to disagreement over whether
the Theatre of Dionysus had a
stage during the fifth centurythe stone auditorium not
completed until some time
between thisPeloponnesian warfourth century writers turn to lesser myth
especially those of a slightly sensational natureold comedy eramiddle comedy eraalexander the great in powerhelenistic period
new comedy era
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