Greek Theatre

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Greek Theatre

• Ancient Society
• Beginnings
• Qualities

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Ancient Greek Society

• Beliefs
• Economical System

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Ancient Greek Society (cont.)

• Values

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Greek Theatre

• Beginnings
• Dithyramb
• Dionysus
• Thespis

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Greek Theatre

• Structure

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ters.html
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Greek Theater

• Conventions

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masks.htm
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Greek Theatre

• Playwrights Great Greek Tragedians
• Sophocles
• Oeidpus Rex, Antigone, Electra
• Aeschylus
• Prometheus Bound
• Euripides
• Medea

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Greek Theatre

• Greek Tragedy
• Greek Chorus
• Greek Tragic Hero
• High birth status
• Ancestors messed up
• Struggles against FATE but loses

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Oedipus Rex