CLAS 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ancient Greek Comedy, Peloponnesian War, Monody
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>still a mix of political ruling despite a shared greek culture. Continuation of performance storytelling (has a chorus element) Prose = written or spoken language in its original form, without metrical structure. >oratory = art of speaking in public eloquently or effectively. Ends with the fall of athens and the romans. Macedonian leaders come and take over the mediterranean. >difference: polis and democracy is based on inclusion. >in kingdoms: several city states existing under one person in charge/monarchy. Broader range of people over broad range of places under one culture. >alexandria (in egypt) becomes centre of greek literature. No longer responding to things in memory, but everything all over. Greek world exists in one place and in writing. Works collect all the myths into one place. Then becomes a republic and democracy to empire. Keeps expanding and gobbles up the rest of the mediterranean. >surpasses the power of all the previous ages.
