CLA232H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Odysseus, Satyr Play, Maenad
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The bacchant worship can be very unifying and terrifying at the same time. The power of theatre: makes us experience dionysiac experience, memesis imitation of reality, greeks were very interested in artistic memesis greek statues. He thinks he"s just going to spy, but he gets so drawn into the show that he becomes a bacchant, loses his identity, and loses his humanity and becomes an animal. City dionysia: also known as the greater dionysia , 3-day festival, every spring, 3 tragedies each, followed by a satyr play = 4 in total each day, 9000-15000 citizens = athenian men. Whether women were present there or not, we don"t know: the festival is a festival of athens, for athenians. Instead of just paying your taxes regularly, you can pay your taxes by sponsoring the festival. In the 4th century, tickets were subsidized by the state if you couldn"t afford a ticket, the state paid for you.
