Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Lecture 6: CLC 1020 Oedipus the King
10 Mar 2016
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479 bc persians defeated, end of persian wars: ushers in hellenic age (lasts until the death of alexander the great in 323 bc, hundred of city states. The greatest was athens athenians knew this, everyone knew this, considered themselves greater and more important than all the other states: polis/poleis athens as cultural and hegemonic centre, cultural opposition between . Dionysus (god of wine/inebriation/sexual excess: 431 bc peloponnesian wars begin resistance of other poleis (sparta in particular) Sparta the second greatest power in ancient greece opposed athens" greatness: 430 bc saw plague in athens. Athens could not conceive losing a war: 404 bc athens falls to sparta. ** dates are important when looking at lysistrata. Greek theatres usually built into hillsides, roman ones were freestanding. All roles played by men (not professionals: 3 actors on stage + chorus (chanted/sung, sophocles utilized them as a fourth character)
