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gennsoup · 1 month

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"You could come to see me in my dreams and comfort me. For they who love find a time's sweetness in the visions of night."

Euripides, Alcestis

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storyofmorewhoa · 5 months

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Antigone by Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo

#antigone #sophocles #felix resurreccion hidalgo #polyneices #greek mythology #ancient greek drama

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deathlessathanasia · 2 months

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Iris: Courage, old men! … We have not come to do your city any hurt, but our warfare is against the house of one man only, against him whom they call the son of Zeus and Alcmena. For until he had finished all his grievous labors, Destiny was preserving him, nor would father Zeus ever suffer me or Hera to harm him. But now that he has accomplished the labors of Eurystheus, Hera wishes to brand him with the guilt of shedding kindred blood by slaying his own children, and I wish it also. Come then, unwed maid, child of black Night, harden your heart relentlessly, send forth frenzy upon this man, confound his mind even to the slaying of his children, drive him, goad him wildly on his mad career, shake out the sails of death, that when he has conveyed over Acheron's ferry that fair group of children by his own murderous hand, he may learn to know how fiercely against him the wrath of Hera burns and may also experience mine; otherwise, if he should escape punishment, the gods will become as nothing, while man's power will grow. (Euripides, Heracles 822 ff)

LOL I love how enthusiastic Iris is and how clear she wants to make it that she 100% agrees with Hera and not only supports her fully in her plans, but even personally shares her anger and desire to harm Herakles.

#hera #iris #excerpts #greek mythology #ancient greek drama

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aboutanancientenquiry · 2 years

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The ancient Greek theater of Epidaurus, a work of the architect Polykleitos the Younger (late 4th century BCE).

#epidaurus #ancient greek theater #ancient reek architecture #ancient greek drama

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shirayuki7 · 8 months

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Hypothetically

Would anyone listen to a podcast about ancient Athenian drama? Specifically about women in the dramas, peppered with historical analysis.

#hypothetically of course #ancient greece #athens #ancient greek drama #please tell me this has been done #because if it hasnt #the hypothetical may not be thetical anymore

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vaivix · 1 year

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#ancient culture #ancient greek drama #museum

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thatwritererinoriordan · 1 year

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Guess who's seeing Oedipus today?

#oedipus #theater #my photos #live theatre #ancient greek drama

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useafterfree · 1 year

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Story of the Gordian Knot is super sad. The whole town had an awesome rope puzzle they all played with on the weekends to try and see who could untie it first and some arrogant twink came in and cuts it thinking he is super clever.

#ancient greek drama #alexander the great

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gennsoup · 21 days

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"You certainly don't sound as if you've been in love. You tell me to give up. But that's no longer in my power."

Menander, The Dyskolos

#Menander #The Dyskolos #The Grouch #love #love quotes #Ancient Greek drama #Ancient Greek comedy #drama #drama quotes #Ancient Greek literature #quotes #quotes blog #literary quotes #literature quotes #literature #book quotes #books #words #text

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mournfulroses · 6 months

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Sophocles, from "Electra: A Tragedy," translated by Anne Carson

#lit #sophocles #anne carson #electra #wings #grief #drama #ancient greek literature #p

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storyofmorewhoa · 5 months

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Antigone and Polynices by Lytras Nikephoros

#lytras nikephoros #antigone and polynices #polyneices #antigone and polyneices #sophocles #greek mythology #ancient greek drama

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aboutanancientenquiry · 1 year

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The origins of the ancient Greek drama

”Aristotle is known to have attributed the origin of Greek drama to the worship of Dionysus and the singing of Dithyrambic Odes, which admittedly, plays a big part in Greek Tragedy in 5th century Athens. However, the origin of Tragedy actually probably belongs to the worship of dead heroes, like Adrastus. F. B. Jevons points out that Herodotus reports that tragic choruses were preformed over Adrastus’ death. Meanwhile, Jevons also makes the vital point that masks were “never worn in the performances of the dithyrambic chorus” and as he says quite beautifully, “Masks and acting in Greece were inseparable; there was no acting without masks, and there were no masks without acting”. However, for the sake of being thorough, all origins of Greek tragedy, including dithyrambs, will be discussed.

Epic poetry not only provided a basis for the kind of stories tragedy would deal with, it also provided the format for language in which these stories would be told. The iambic form was discovered in the epics of The Illiad and The Odyssey and continued long into Tragedy.

Dithyrambs provide the first link to Dionysus and performance. These were odes sung to honor the god, and can be seen used by a tragic chorus in Euripides’ The Bacchae. The comedic versions of these songs, called “phallic songs” can be called the origins of comedy. Both of these songs were the beginning of the separation of leader from chorus, which is later separated even further.

These forms transformed into the Satyr plays which are often comedic and have masked Satyr chorus. Satyr plays were, of course, continued as an actual form and were present in all Great Dionysia festivals.

Finally, as Aristotle explains “it was only at a late stage that tragedy attained dignity by departing from the style of satyr-plays”. Tragedy and Comedy eventually came into being on their own. Tragedy was “gradually enhanced” as the poets changed it. Aristotle attributes the increase of actors from one to two to Aeschylus and the increase to three, as well as scene painting, to Sophocles. Thespis,where we get our modern word "thespian" introduced the use of masks. Whether or not these elements can actually be attributed to these playwrights is impossible to know, however tragedy did evolve this way and, as Aristotle puts it “when it had gone through many changes, tragedy ceased to evolve, since it had attained its natural fulfillment”. While, this is perhaps an overstatement, there is no doubt that the Greek Tragic plays of the 5th century BC were indeed some of the greatest writing, from one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen.”

Source: https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/courses/13things/7415.html (the site of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World, Brown University)

#ancient greek literature #ancient greek drama #ancient greek classics #aristotle #herodotus

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finelythreadedsky · 1 month

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