Title: Greek Drama
1Objectives 10.27.14
SWBAT research the history of Ancient Grecian
theatre in order to gain insight into the stories
of Oedipus and Antigone
2Warm Up/ POP BOSS BATTLE! 10.27.14 Respond to
the following on a BLANK SHEET OF PAPER! Adverbs
modify ______________. Adjectives modify
_____________. Prepositional Phrases can modify
_____________ or __________________. Diagram the
following sentence The early bird gets the
tasty worm with the long tail.
3Home Work - 10.27.14
Complete Exercise 3 and REVIEW EXERCISE A on page
73 of the Warriners Grammar textbook. Write out
ALL sentences for completion credit!
4Greek Theater
5The Greek Theater
- 5th Century B. C.
- Golden Age of Greek Drama
- Dramatic festivals were popular
- People witnessed tragic and comic plays
6Overview of Greek Theatre
7The Land
- Greece has thousands of inhabited islands and
dramatic mountain ranges - Greece has a rich culture and history
- Democracy was founded in Greece
- Patriarchal (male dominated) society
- Philosophy, as a practice, began in Greece
(Socrates, Plato, Aristotle)
8The Land
- Located in Europe in the Aegean Sea
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10The Land
11Overview of Greek Theatre
12The Stage
13The Stage
Three Main Portions of Greek Theatre Skene
Portion of stage where actors performed (included
1-3 doors in and out) Orchestra Dancing Place
where chorus sang to the audience Theatron
Seating for audience
14The Stage
15The Stage
- Greek plays were performed during religious
ceremonies held in honor of Dionysus, the Greek
god of wine and revelry (altars generally on
stage) - Banks would shut down for days, people would
travel from all around to see the drama
competitionseven prisoners were temporarily
released to see the plays - Tragedy means goat song (relates to Dionysian
rituals)
16The Stage
17Where and how were the dramas performed?
In an amphitheatre With a chorus who described
most of the action. With masks With all the
fighting and movement going on off stage..With
tragedy first, then comedy later.
18Masks of Greek Theater
19The masks were worn for many reason including 1.
Visibility 2. Acoustic Assistance 3. Few Actors,
Many Roles 4. Characterization
20Some general categories of masks 1. OLD MEN
Smooth-Faced, White, Grizzled, Black-Haired,
Flaxen and More Flaxen 2. YOUNG MEN Common,
Curled, More Curled, Graceful, Horrid, Pale and
Less Pale 3. SLAVES Leathern, Peaked-Beard, Flat
Nose 4. WOMEN Freed Old Woman, Old Domestic,
Middle Aged, Leathern, Pale-Disheveled, Pale
Middle Aged, Whorish-Disheveled, Virgin, Girl 5.
SPECIALIST MASKS Some made for specific
characters, others for Mourning, Blindness,
Deceit, Drunkenness...etc. (The comic masks,
those especially of old comedy, were as like as
possible to true persons they represented, or
made to appear more ridiculous)
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22Masks of Greek Theater
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24Masks of Greek Theater
25Modern-day replicas
Hero-King
Comedy (Servant or Herald )
Tragedy (Weeping Chorus)
26Theater at Epidaurus
27Theater at Epidaurus
28Major Greek Dramatists
Aeschylus 524 B.C. Seven Against Thebes
Sophocles 496 B.C. Antigone Oedipus
Euripides 480 B.C. Medea
Dramatist Born Wrote
29Sophocles Antigone
- Set in Thebes (a city in ancient Greece)
- Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta
- Antigones brothers, Eteokles and Polyneces, took
opposite sides in a war - Eteokles and Polyneces killed each other in
battle - Antigones uncle, Kreon, became king of Thebes
30Sophocles
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32Greek Comedy and Aristophanes
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34Euripides Medea
- Medea is a princess from Colchis
- Medea marries Jason, who is in Colchis on a quest
for the Golden Fleece - Medea betrays her father and murders her brother
for her love of Jason - Medea has magical powers
- Jason takes Medea back to his homeland, Corinth,
where they have children - Jason takes another wife, the king of Corinths
daughter
35Jasons Voyage on the Argo
Jason and Medea meet
Corinth Where Jason and Medea settle down
36Overview of Greek Theatre
37Myths played a key rolein Greek drama
38The Myths Why they were written
- Explained the unexplainable
- Justified religious practices
- Gave credibility to leaders
- Gave hope
- Polytheistic (more than one god)
- Centered around the twelve Olympians (primary
Greek gods)
39Explained the Unexplainable
- When Echo tried to get Narcissus to love her, she
was denied. - Saddened, she shriveled to nothing, her existence
melting into a rock. - Only her voice remained.
- Hence, the echo!
40To justify religious practices
- Dionysian cults in ancient Greece were founded to
worship Dionysus, god of grapes, vegetation, and
wine.
41Roots in Worship of Dionysus
God of wine and revelry
42Theater of Dionysus
- Dionysia was an annual festival in honor of the
god Dionysus - Theater of Dionysus was an open-air Theater with
room for fifteen thousand spectators
43Theater of Dionysus
- carved out of a stone hillside
- looked like a semicircle with steeply rising
tiers of seats
44Theater of Dionysus
45Theater of Dionysus
- At the bottom was the rounded orchestra or
performance area where the chorus sang and danced
46Dionysus Theater in Athens
47Theater of Dionysus
- Behind the orchestra was an open, almost bare,
stage where actors spoke their lines from behind
huge masks
48Dionysus Theater in Athens
49Dionysus Theater in Athens
50Theater of Dionysus
- Male actors performed all the roles
- Actors switched masks to play a number of roles
both female and male
51Dionysus and Satyrs
52To give credibility to leaders
- Used myths to create family trees for their
leaders, enforcing the made-up idea that the
emperors were related to the gods and were, then,
demigods.
53To give hope
- The ancient citizens of Greece would sacrifice
and pray to an ORACLE. - An oracle was a priest or priestess who would
send a message to the gods from mortals who
brought their requests.
Where DID hope come from? After unleashing
suffering, famine, disease, and many other evils,
the last thing Pandora let out was HOPE.
54Oracle of Delphi
55Oracle of Delphi
56Delphi
57Delphi
58Mount Olympus
Where the Olympians lived. Who are
the Olympians?
59The Olympians Are the 12 Main Gods
60The Olympians
61Zeus
- King of gods
- Heaven
- Storms
- Thunder
- lightning
62Poseidon
- Zeuss brother
- King of the sea
- Earthquakes
- Horses
63Hades
- Brother to Zeus and Poseidon
- King of the Underworld (Tartarus)
- Husband of Persphone
64Ares
65Hephaestus
- God of fire
- Craftspeople
- Metalworkers
- Artisans
66Apollo
- God of the sun
- Music
- Poetry
- Fine arts
- Medicine
67Hermes
- Messenger to the gods
- Trade
- Commerce
- Travelers
- Thieves scoundrels
68Dionysus
- God of Wine
- Partying (Revelry)
69Hera
- Queen of gods
- Women
- Marriage
- Childbirth
70Demeter
- Goddess of Harvest
- Agriculture
- Fertility
- Fruitfulness
- Mom to Persephone
71Hestia
- Goddess of Hearth
- Home
- Community
72Athena
- Goddess of wisdom
- Practical arts
- War
73Aphrodite
- Goddess of love and beauty
74Artemis
- Goddess of hunting and the moon.
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76The Storyline
77Central Character is of the Elite Class
78Central Character suffers a Downfall
79Central Character is Neither Wholly good nor
wholly evil
80Downfall is the result of a Fatal Flaw
81Misfortunes involve characters who are related or
who are friends
82Tragic actions take place offstage
83Central Character has a moment of recognition
84Audience experiences pity and fear
85Pity and Fear leads to a catharsis
86The End