Greek Theater

Origins

Religious and festival

The Honoring

Dionysus-

Dithyramb- choral hymn, 50 men

Arion - A harpist and poet include spoken

Thespis- inventor of tragedy

Thespians

Divine Will- fate, destiny or authority over life.

Dionysian -

• The Rural Dionysian

• The Lenaia

• The City Dionysian

• 534 B.C.

Tragedy - means " goat song”

Trilogy- means three

tetralogy- means four

Tragic playwrights

Comic playwrights

Homework:The Oresteia