CLST 312 Lecture 2: Lecture2
15 Nov 2017
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Drama was considered the most original form of creativity in ancient greece. Classical athens was considered the highest cultural achievement of the western world. Begins in 480, the year of battle of salamis and finished in 323 when alex the great dies: persian empire was defeated at battle of salamis by city-state of athens. Athens is the centre of artistic and literary production. In tragedy: aeschylus (525-456, sophocles (496-406, euripides (485-407) Philosophy: socrates (469-399, plato (428-348, aristotle (384-322) Most people (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t read or (cid:449)rite so the spoke(cid:374) (cid:449)ord (cid:449)as the (cid:373)ai(cid:374) (cid:449)ay of communicating stories. Theatre was a religious, political, and agonistic event: theatres addressed the community and communicated text through performance. They took place within celebrations in honour of dionysus. Tragedy is an investigation into problematic nature of deities. Plays were produced as part of festival in honour of dionysus. Tragedy: the principal festival was the city dionysia, celebrated in march.
