THEA241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hippocratic Oath, Sophocles, Aeschylus
8 Sep 2016
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The evolution of a greek stage: the first actor (thespis) stood on a cart. Biggest award winner- sophocles: 496-406 b. c, 18-20 first place wins, 24 total victories, never finished below 2nd place, total number of plays 124, (he wrote oedipus rex) Thespis, aeschylus, sophocles: early greek theatre had 0 actors, thespis gave us 1 actor, aeschylus gave us 2 actors, sophocles gave us 3 actors. Greek theatres: 17,000-19,000 people, stage: hills, theatron, parados, thymele, orchestra, pro skene, skene. What did the greeks give us: art, democracy, philosophy, architecture, sculpture, hippocratic oath, pythagoras, theatre (tragedy & comedy) The greek writers: thespis- first actor out. First play contest: aeschylus- second actor out. Greatest thinker/writer of antiquity; master of those who know (dante) Poetics analyze the ideal form of plays. Primary purpose of theatre is pleasure: and the greatest pleasure is learning the truth. And the greatest pleasure is learning the truth. The 3 unities (the best plays honor these)
