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Aeschylus - Wikipedia  Aeschylus was an ancient Greek tragedian. His plays, alongside those of Sophocles and Euripides, are the only works of Classical Greek literature to have survived. He is often described as the father of tragedy: critics' and scholars' ..... Only the titles and assorted fragments of Aeschylus's other plays have come down to us.
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Thespis | Greek poet | Britannica.com  According to ancient tradition, Thespis was the first actor in Greek drama. ... and tragic dialogue began when the actor (Thespis) exchanged words with the leader ... is credited both with inventing tragedy and with being the first actorcame to...
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Greek Tragedy - Ancient History Encyclopedia  Mar 16, 2013 ... Greek tragedy was a popular and influential form of drama performed in theatres across ancient Greece from the late 6th century BCE. ... trochaic tetrameter and then iambic trimeter in the delivery of the spoken words. ... The early tragedies had only one actor who would perform in costume and wear a...
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notes on greek drama 1 - Gordon State College  The very fact that the drama of the ancient Greeks is so old says much of its importance. ... The word drama comes into English from the identical word in Latin, which in turn ... One Greek statesman, Solon, insisted that an actor pretending to be...
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Introduction to Theatre -- Ancient Greek Theatre  Nov 16, 2007 ... 45 plays extant total 32 tragedies, 12 comedies, 1 satyr play (satirical parody-short) ... Sources of information for theatre origins and Greek theatre: ... A strong concern for humanity - the founders of philosophy came from this period ... to have introduced the 3rd actor; fixed the chorus at 15 (had been 50).
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Oedipus | Define Oedipus at Dictionary.com  Oedipus definition, a king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, and the father by ... the king and queen of Thebes, Greek, literally "swollen-foot," from oidan "to ... complex, identified by the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, takes its name from...
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Laertes - Hamlet OnLine  Oct 1, 2015 ... Laertes is the son of Polonius, the brother of Ophelia, and ultimately, the killer of Hamlet. ... He is a skirt chaser, but at the same time a sexist. ... It's easy to guess that his father, the King's chief council, has gotten him a ... It's Greek, the name of Odysseus's father, as found in Homer's Odyssey and in Ovid's...
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Sophocles and Shakespeare - 24grammata.com  Keywords: Sophocles, Shakespeare, Classical Tradition, Elizabethan Drama ... He first won the dramatic festival in honour of Dioysisus, in 408 B.C. defeating ... play as 'a structural marvel that marks the summit of classical Greek drama's formal achievements'. In the play, Oedipus, the main character, is the king of Thebes.
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Free Flashcards about ANCIENT PLAYWRIGHTS - StudyStack  BOTH SOPHOCLES AND EURIPIDES WROTE TRAGEDIES ABOUT THIS MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE NOTED FOR HER LOYALTY TO HER FATHER, ELECTRA.
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Oedipus the King - Sophocles - Ancient Greece - Classical Literature  Over the centuries, it has come to be regarded by many as the Greek tragedy par ... Shortly after Oedipus' birth, his father, King Laius of Thebes, learned from an ... which foretold that he would marry his own mother and kill his own father. ... in the murder, Tiresias is provoked into telling the king the truth, that he himself is the...
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Oedipus - Ancient Greece  Oedipus was the child of Laius and Jocasta, the ruling couple of Thebes. ... suggested that he marry his widow, Jocasta, to solidify his position as ruler of the city. ... she was bested and thus her reign of terror over Thebes was put to an end. ... In Greek tragedy and myth in general, it is the norm that someone will suffer some...
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Greek tragedy - Wikipedia  Greek tragedy is a form of theatre from Ancient Greece and Asia Minor. It reached its most ... In tragic theatre, however, these narratives were presented by actors. ... competed in the first tragic competition for the prize of a goat (hence tragedy). ... The Greek chorus of up to 50 men and boys danced and sang in a circle,...
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Coryphaeus - Wikipedia  In Attic drama, Coryphaeus, or Koryphaios was the leader of the chorus. Hence the term is used ... Ancient Greek theatre. Hidden categories: Wikipedia articles...
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Greek Tragedy - Ancient History Encyclopedia  Mar 16, 2013 ... The most famous playwrights of the genre were Aeschylus, ... inspired by episodes from Greek mythology, which we must remember were often a part of Greek religion. As a consequence of this serious subject matter, which often dealt with ... but he in fact wrote more than 100 plays, of which seven survive.
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AESCHYLUS  525 - 456 BC Greek Playwright. Aeschylus was the earliest of the great Greek tragedians and the principal creator of Greek drama. ... in complete form, among them the 'Oresteia' trilogy, 'The Seven against Thebes' and 'Prometheus Bound'.
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Introduction to Theatre -- The Actor  Thespis -- considered to be the first actor -- thus the term thespian -- 554 BC. Acting was not really widely a "profession" till the 16th century. ... essay written by Denis Diderot (1713-1784) -- begins to approach part of the actor's ... A. Analyze the role ... Super objective -- the "Spine" -- what character wants for the whole play.
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Aristophanes - Ancient Greece - Classical Literature  Aristophanes was a prolific and much acclaimed comic playwright of ancient Greece, sometimes referred to as the Father of Comedy. Eleven of his forty plays...
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Comedy. The word comedy comes from the Greek word Komos, or ...  The word comedy comes from the Greek word Komos, or merrymaking, always ... Comedies were popular during the Greece's Golden Age of drama (5 th Century BCE). ... This particular form of comedy relies more on situational plot, stock...
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tragedy - eBoard  In some ancient Greek tragedies such as the Eumenides of Aeschylus, a happy ... usual conclusion, involving the protagonist's death, has become the defining feature in later uses of the term. ... tragedy (i.e. tragic drama), from Greek tragidia, 'goat song'. ... It is very difficult to trace its history back beyond the fifth century BC.
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History of European Drama and Theatre - Kafkas  Greek tragedy through to twentieth-century theatre, focusing on the subject of identity. ... The gaze of the other and the gaze of the king. 114 ... The loving father and his virtuous daughter. 155 .... Jean Racine: from Phaedra, in Jean Racine: Four Greek Plays, trans. R.C. ..... judges then wrote their choice on tablets which.
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Free Flashcards about ANCIENT HISTORY - StudyStack  ARISTOTLE SAID THIS MAN'S "OEDIPUS REX" WAS THE GREATEST PLAY EVER; LUCKY IT WAS ONE OF HIS FEW TO SURVIVE IN FULL, SOPHOCLES.