CLAS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Thyestes, Sound Poetry, Clytemnestra
2 Dec 2012
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You are going to need people to sponsor the different playwrights. 3 tragic playwrights and 5 comedic playwrights. Choregos is expected to come forward and say i will pay for the playwrights (their costumes, etc. : rich people would be thinking, what"s the point of having a fortune if you"re not going. If you have money, you were expected to spend it to show it off to the public/spend it; you don"t hold on to it, you spend it lavishly. 3 playwrights are selected in the summer (before the dionysia) to produce the tragedies: each playwright were expected to write 3 playwrights + 1 satyr play (4 plays each) 5 comedic playwrights = each will produce 1 play. Dionysia: sacrifies are made to the god, a number of cows are slaughtered so the public can all eat meat that day, day 1: 10 choruses compete against each other.
