Classical Studies 1000 Chapter : The Greeks Textbook Notes 2.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: David Lamari

Document Summary

Tragedy means goat song but surviving tragedies have little to do with rituals involving goats. Performed for several days in march at the festival great/city dionysia procession in honour of. Judges (kritai) drawn from 10 tribes and elected - gave verdict. Dionysia as a state institution first associated with peisistratus then later appears to be reorganized by cleisthenes. Thespis separated himself from singing and dancing to converse with chorus leader. Aeschylus introduces a 2nd character and sophocles a 3rd. Comedies introduced shortly before the persian wars. Have 6 plays by aeschylus, 7 by sophocles and 19 by euripides. Arrangements of the festival were made by the eponymous archon year of office known by his. From the time of pericles state treasury paid for admission but foreigners had to pay some slaves/women might have been able to attend. In the centre of the performing area was an altar to god.