CLST 100 Lecture Notes - Dionysia, Lenaia, Euripides

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 100
• Professor: Christina Zaccagnino

Document Summary

One of the most famous theaters in greece is the epidaurus theater: decorations, marble. How did the 20,000 people hear the actors: the shape of the theater was built in a very precise way so the sound echo"s around. For greeks, theater was a very important social moment. It was not only people on stage performing the play, there was. Machines machines on stage: dolly used to roll the ekkykklema out through the central doors onto stage, there was lifts cranes , used to move the actors around the stage. The upper part of the scene was also used for the performance, but also stairs leading to backstage . 3 places where the play was going on: the stage, the upper stage, and the orchestra ( but remember only 3 actors at a time) The chorus was made up of the satyrs who belong to: dionysos, euripides, cyclops, dionysos and a satyr.