[CLST 102] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 25 pages long Study Guide!

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 102
• Professor: Fabio Colivicchi

Document Summary

Same format, 40 m/c, 10 fill in the blanks, 1 bonus question. Great dionysia: late march, the principal venue for dramatic competition (tragedy, satyr, comedy, dithyramb = music performance: good weather, festival for large number of attendants (travellers, merchants, farmers) Rural dionysia: in winter, held in the rural demes of attica. Plays were performed in deme (county/district) theatres, especially the larger ones: for smaller audience. Lenaia: late january, for mostly comedy and tragedy. Great dionysia (or city dionysia): established by peisistratos in the 6c. Organization of the festival was by arkhon eponymos. Prizes in drama contests: 10 judges, one from each tribe. Only 5 voted by lot, so a draw is not possible. If it was successful, great opportunity to stand out and take credit for it: dramatist: a crown and a money prize, khoregos: allowed to erect a victory monument topped by a tripod (shiny) Lined up on the road leading up to the theatre.