Greek Literature
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Greek theatre grew out of
celebrations honoring Dionysius.
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Greek Religion
Drama
“deed; to do”
Poetry
Theatres were built into hillsides utilizing
the natural acoustics of the landscape.
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An all-male casts performed before an allmale audience on a stage devoid of scenery.
Only three actors portrayed all of the major
characters, changing masks as they changed roles.
The remaining of the actors formed the chorus.
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Greek Religion
Drama
Tragedy
Comedy
From tragoidia From komoidia
(“goat-song”). (“to revel; sing”).
Poetry
Tragedies were the earliest
Greek dramas, focusing on a
major character flaw that
usually resulted in disaster.
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Tragedies were inspired by the myths
contained in the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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Aeschylus,
the “father of
Greek Tragedy”,
authored The
Orestia and
Agamemnon.
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His plays show the
consequences of
one’s deeds will
carry down in
generations.
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Orestia being pursued by the Furies.
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Aegisthos killing Agamemnon.
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Sophocles is
credited with
writing 123
plays, the
most-famous
one being
Œdipus Rex.
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His plays accepted human suffering as unavoidable
and stressed human courage and compassion.
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Euripides is bestremembered for
Medea and The
Trojan Women –
plays that focused
on human qualities
that bring disaster
on to themselves.
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Greek Religion
Drama
Tragedy
Comedy
Poetry
Aristophanes
is the bestknown
comedy
playwright.
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Plays such as The Birds and The Clouds,
ridiculed people, ideas, and social customs.
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Greek Religion
Drama
Tragedy
Poetry
Comedy
Epic
Lyric
From epikos
(“word; speech; poem”).
The best-known
examples of epic
poetry from
ancient Greece
are The Iliad and
The Odyssey,
composed by
Homer.
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Lyric poetry expresses
emotions and thoughts.
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The mostfamous Greek
poetess was
Sapho
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Sappho and Phaon.
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