New Ancient Greek Theater Uncovered
THEATER - The Greek festivals were used to honor their gods. A festival called "City Dionysi
a" was used to honor a god named Dionysus. Plays were only presented at this festival and men performed songs to welcome Dionysus. Before it was spread around, Athens was where these traditions were held. There were three different types of theatrical forms: Tragedy, Comedy, and Satyr. Tragedy and comedy were the two main ones, and were viewed as completely seperate genres.
a" was used to honor a god named Dionysus. Plays were only presented at this festival and men performed songs to welcome Dionysus. Before it was spread around, Athens was where these traditions were held. There were three different types of theatrical forms: Tragedy, Comedy, and Satyr. Tragedy and comedy were the two main ones, and were viewed as completely seperate genres.Tragedies; Tragedy is said to mean "goat song". This type of theater is said to have evolved from dithyrambs, or songs sung in praise of Dionysus. Credit is given to the poet, Arion, with developing dithyramb into a formalized narrative. Thespis is considered one of the first Greek actors of tragedy.
Comedies; Comedies came from imitation. Although it was an important part of Greek theatre, there are no traces of its origin.
Satyr; These types of plays dealt with the mythological subject in comic manner.
