CLASSIC 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Tetralogy, Atossa, Close Reading
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The greeks define themselves (the persians and their wars) Staging the after math of salamis: aeschylus" persians. They dance and lose control: then return to reality the next day. Gradual increase in the number of actors and the importance of actors. The 3 tragedies + 1 satyr play each playwrite. We only have 4 lines of music in all of antiquity. Note: no stage directions in ancient plays. Unknown; some think they all have to do with the sea. All vowed to throw slavery"s yoke on the greeks. All young flowering men of persia are gone. Blazon in gold: dressed very richly. If he appears in the right clothing they will know its him. Clothes all torn up/ looks like a beggar. He is supposed to be best dressed. As they saw their king like this the chorus also ripped their clothes. They just sounded as weird to the greeks as it would to us now.
