CLA 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Propylaea
10 Dec 2014
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Reading: c/f 74 - 75, 134-137 & greek theatre plan below! Alphabet: scholars think they developed the alphabet to record trade, others think it was to record poems, literature started in early archiaic age, was made to be performed, not read silently, performed at festivals, symposiums, etc. Context: athens: city dionysia: drama festival/contest, spring, honored dionysus, promoted by the tyrant peisistratos. 5 day drama competition audience were worshiping dionysos by watching the plays and participating: day 1, procession. Myth of dionysos: athenians don"t want to worship him, plague on athens, sacrifice (at altar of dionysos, feasting (sacrifices allowed eating meat, tribal chorus competition. Each tribe performs with singing and dancing: end of day 1: komos. Drinking: day 2-4: tragedy, day 5: comedy. 1 judge per tribe special seats prizes for performers, producers & writers: more than 1st place prizes. Producer: choregos, eponymous archon, choregic monument (p. 137)
