POLI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Oliver Taplin, Dionysia, Sophocles
1 Oct 2016
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Tragedy in athens was performed at an annual competition: the city dionysia. In honour of the god dionysus, the god of wine, drama, transformation, and fertility. Tragedies often revolved around well- known myths and playwrights competed to tell the best version of familiar stories. Playwrights competed with each other in front of the entire city and 10 judges for prizes and glory. Male actors, wearing masks and costumes, played all characters. Didaskalos: teachers , director , the playwright , tragedy was a source for moral teaching. The chorus was integral to greek tragedy, and its role changed in the genre. The chorus often provided commentary on the action, could be the moral voice in the play, and offered characters" advice. In the antigone, the chorus is the citizens of thebes. Is hearing and seeing the play in the theatre of the mind. oliver.
