PBS8 年
The Different Types of Greek Drama and their importance
The Ancient Greeks took their entertainment very seriously and used drama as a way of investigating the world they lived in, and what it meant to be human. The three genres of drama were comedy ...
PBS8 年
The Origins of Theatre - The First Plays (continued)
His play 'The Persians', first performed in 472 BC, is the oldest surviving of all Greek plays ... The first plays were performed in the Theatre of Dionysus, built in the shadow of the Acropolis ...
BBC8 个月
KS2 Ancient Greece: 3. Structures, statues, poems and plays
Theatre. Architecture. We Ancient Greeks are very, very creative. Take me for example. Euripides. I am one of the great Classical Athenian tragedian dramatists. Put simply: I write plays.
BBC5 个月
What do we know about ancient Greek culture?
The Greeks pretty much invented the theatre. Thousands of people packed the hillside arena of ancient Athens to watch plays by famous writers like Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus. The Greeks ...
Greek Reporter1 天
Why Was the Ancient Greek City of Hadrianopolis Suddenly Abandoned?
Archaeologists believe they will soon solve the mystery regarding the ancient Greek city of Hadrianopolis which was suddenly abandoned.
Greek Reporter8 天
Booing Started in Ancient Greece
Like several forms of expression, booing originated in Ancient Greece in the theater, as a means to express dissatisfaction ...
U.S. News & World Report17 天
Greek Theatre of Taormina
History buffs will want to visit this ancient Greek theater, overlooking the Ionian Sea. Built in the third century B.C., the theater could hold thousands of people attending ancient Greek ...
Chronicle2 年
What the Ancient Greeks Knew About Anger & Justice
Theater Studies play ‘The Fury’ links themes from classical theater to current events “The Fury” weaves together ancient myth with recent and current events in an exploration of women’s anger, a ...