Pots - dates, painters, critics - TR

When was the Maenad stamnos created?

Late 5th Century BC

Who created the Maenad Stamnos?

Dinos Painter

What do the maenads wear on the maenad stamnos?

fawn skins

When was the Oedipus Fragment made?

c330 BC - 100 years after the actual staging

Who made the Oedipus vase?

Capodarso Painter

Edith Hall

'the not Oedipus vase'

Taplin - 'Antigone and Ismene

were powerfully woven into the picture of the tragic Oedipus'

When was the Death of Pentheus kylix made?

c.480 BC (75 years before the staging of Bacchae)

Who painted the Death of Pentheus kylix?

Attributed to Douris

What type of vase is the Death of Pentheus kyilx?

A drinking cup - perhaps drinking the wine (blood) of Pentheus after his sparagmos?? incredibly meta ...

What are the Maenads wearing on the Death of Pentheus kylix?

Panther skins ...

Easterling - 'Dionysus is

the director of the play'

What is on the B-side of the Death of Pentheus kylix?

Dionysus looking on at Pentheus' death 'vindictive, cruel, unjust' - Dover

What is on the inside of the Death of Pentheus kylix?

A Maenad holding a Thyrsos (magic wand) and in the other hand a mountain lion.

When was the medea vase created?

c400 BC (30 years after play performance)

Who created the Medea Calyx Krater?

Policoro Painter

Medea kills her children for

'sex and the marriage bed'

when was the Perseus dancer vase created?

c.420 BC

Who painted the perseus dancer vase?

unknown

What is Perseus holding?

A harpe and a kibisis

Hamilton argues that the Perseus dance vase shows

the Antithesteria

Schmidt argued that the Perseus dance vase

shows the curved seats at the Theatre of Thorikos and a murder trial

When was the Krater Choregos Vase created?

c400-380 BC

Who created the Krater Choregos Vase?

the Choregos painter

When was the Cheiron Vase created?

c.380 BC - 370 BC

Who created the Cheiron Vase?

The McDaniel Painter

When was the Thesmophoriazusae Bell Krater made?

c380-370 BC

Who painted the Thesmophoriazusae Vase?

Schiller Painter

When was Thesmophoriazusae produced?

411 BC by Aristophanes

What myths does the Thesmophoria vase parody?

Telephos and Orestes myth, Helen myth, Andromache and Perseus myth, and Bacchae myth

When was the Basel Dancers Vase created?

c500 - c490 BC

Who made the basel dancers vase?

unknown

Why can the basel dancer vase not show the play Persians ?

because it was written in 472 BC

Taplin argued that a neutral mask is

indicative of a greek tragedy

What does schmidt argue is on the left hand side of the basel dancers vase?

An altar to Dionysus

When was the Birds Chorus Chous made?

c480 BC

Who made the Birds Chorus Chous?

The Gela Painter

What is different about the birds chorus chous?

It's a black figure vase

What instrument player is shown on the birds chorus chous?

A di-aulos player

When was the Tragic actors dressing vase created?

c450 - 430 BC

Who made the Tragic actors dressing vase?

the Phiale Painter

What traditional garb are the actors on the vase wearing?

Chitons - traditional women's garb

What is on the B-side of the tragic actors dressing vase?

An old, possibly blind man with a walking stick - perhaps its Oedipus?

When was the pronomos pot made?

c410 BC

Who created the Pronomos pot?

The Pronomos Painter

What does the pronomos pot depict?

The afterparty after a satyr play

What is the only satyr play we have left?

Cyclops - Euripides

What myths could the a-side of the Pronomos pot potentially show?

Hesione, Omphale

Which critics argue that the Pronomos pot shows the Omphale myth?

Beasley and Prott

Who are the characters on the Pronomos pot, that you need to know the names of?

Nikoleoes - Masked Choreut

Demetros - Playwright

Papposilenos - Papa Satyr - actor

Herakles - actor

Hesione/ Omphale - actor

Winged Himeros - god of lust/ sexual desire

Ariadne

Dionysus

When was the Theatre of Dionysus active?

from the late 6th C BC/ early 5th c BC until 5th Cent AD

How much seating capacity did Dionysus have?

6000 og, 16-17,000 at the time of our plays, 25,000 at its height!

What are symbols of religion in Dionysus?

Build next to temple of Dio, next to skene

Prohedria had carvings of vines

Orchestra pit had a thymele

Statue of Dionysus brought in the beginning of CD to reenact arrival from deme of eleutherae

What are the political elements of Dionysus?

political assemblies held when no plays

13 Demes

Parade of war orphans/ special seats

Prohedria for important guests

Theoric fund - sponsorship to watch the festival

Choregos tax

What are the elements of competition in Dionysus?

Street of tripds

Bronze statues of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Menander made 4th C BC

What are the elements of acoustics in Dionysus?

More circular

Very good acoustics

Dithyrambs

Poetic recitations of Homer

What are the elements of the play in Dionysus?

Skene building

Expansive seating

Acropolis and Parthenon on the background

Areopagus hill (murder trial court) - ORESTES

City Dionysia - 5 day festival march

Lenaia - January

Paradoi

Mechane

Orchestra pit

When was the Theatre of Thorikos active?

525-480 BC - 86 BC

What was the seating capacity of Thorikos?

2000-3000 start, 4000 at its end, 5th C BC extension of curved seats, Schmidt suggests Perseus dance vase shows this

What is the religious elements of Thorikos?

Temple and altar to Dionysus on each side of performance area

Homeric hymns calls it the landing spot of Demeter

Doric stoa dedicated to her

Orchestra pit had a thymele - an altar to Dio in the centre

What is the political importance of Thorikos?

Assembly theatre space

What is the elements of competition of Thorikos?

Stones of thorikos had the carving's of people's names and plays

What are the acoustic elements of Thorikos?

Elipitical shaped orchestra pit

What are the other things about the Theatre of Thorikos?

Buildings of new roads suggests its popularity

Near the sea - easy access to visitors

20 miles from South East Athens