Greek Drama
Jan 05, 2016
Greek Drama
Dionysus
“In all the country districts the villagers dressed in goat skins like the mythical satyr attendants on the gods, smeared their faces with wine lees, and danced about a man chosen as their leader to impersonate Dionysus.”
Satyr – attendant of Dionysus
Theatre of Dionysus
Parthenon – temple to Athena
Theatre of Dionysus - today
Theater mask
Story of Oedipus
Laius = Jocastaking/queen of Thebes
Oracle of Apollo at Delphi
Polybus = Meropeking/queen of Corinth
Sphinx
What walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon and
three at night?"
Family Tree
Polynices (m)Eteocles (m)Antigone (f)Ismene (f)
Tartarus
The Titans
Zeus
Hera
Hades
Poseidon
Hestia
Demeter
Asphodel Meadows
Elysian Fields