Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
The theatre at Thorikos is rather odd. Most Greek theatres were built into hillsides. This one, as you can see from this
angle, has a back. It's also odd for not being semi-circular. It's like a rather stretched ellipse. The theatre is Thorikos, Attica,
Greece. 525-480 BC Cavea Width: 55 meters rectilinear
Orchestra: Width 27 meters; (irregular rectangle)
There is no physical evidence for a circular orchestra earlier than that of the great theater at Epidauros dated to around
330B.C. Most likely, the audience in fifth-century B.C. Athens was seated close to the stage in a rectilinear arrangement,
such as appears at the well-preserved theatre at Thorikos in Attica.
206 - The very occasion and act of theatre established that quite different conventions of communication and
understanding governed and determined the transactions taking place.
208 - Pericles had explicitly underscored the importance of works of monumental architecture for the celebration of
Athenian cultural values and their enduring capacity to impress upon future generations the glory and achievements of her
people.
208 .lycurgus He ordered that ofcial copies of the plays of the three great tragic poets, Aeschylus, Euripides and
Sophocles, be established and xed in effect making them permanent.
Saviour of city
alcibades Aeschylus views about alcibaides, naval battles, agon not interesting if we dont know why he changed his
mind
Time of political change
New type of politicians not just aristocracy, nouveau-riche, not to help the city, to benefit their own business
Mentions cleigenes, politician for business interest
Phrynichus mentioned in parabasis in frogs, assassinated after oligarchic revolution 411 bc, aristocrats forced to
leave politics, even lost
Slaves became citizens, after naval battle, change in socio-political landscape contrast with traditional aristocracy
losing citizenship
Political concerns represented in Bacchae- pentheus, young, inexperienced
reason why Dionysus can trick him
political instability
inexperienced young politicians historical point of view?
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