CLST 100 Lecture Notes - Euripides, Lenaia, Tyrant

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 100
• Professor: Christina Zaccagnino

Document Summary

Great dionysia was held in march; consisted of tragedy, comedy, and the dithyramb (hymn) was performed in honour of dionysus. Lenaia was held in january and was only comedy. Festivals, in honor of the gods, held in march. March corresponds to the beginning to the sailing season. Anyone in athens could go to the theater to watch performances. Ancient theater- tragedies and comedies were performed only once. Only one exception where a performance was performed twice** Performances in the countryside (rural) only comedies were performed and only citizens of that countryside could attend the performances. Established by peisistratus during the 6th century bce. Celebrated by the whole federation of attics states. The organization of the festival is under the direction of the arkhlon eponymos. Each tragedian had to submit 3 tragedies to the archon aponymos. The tragedian has also to write a satyr-play. Each comic poets had to submit only one comedy.