Who was Menander? An ancient Greek playwright from Athens
Who was Menander? Here he is on a fresco painting from Pompeii, in Italy, painted after he died. Who was Menander? Menander is the only playwright - a person who [...]
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Medea – Euripides – Summary
Creusa gets her new magic dress from a slave Who wrote the Greek play Medea? The Greek playwright Euripides wrote it in Athens, in the late 400s BC. It's about the [...]
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Libation Bearers – Aeschylus – Summary
Libation Bearers: Orestes Who wrote the Libation Bearers? This is the second of a cycle of three plays written by the Greek playwright Aeschylus. In Greek, the play is the [...]
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Antigone – Sophocles – Summary
Antigone at her brother's grave, from the Louvre (Paris) Sophocles' Antigone Antigone is a play that Sophocles wrote. He was an Athenian, who lived in the 400s BC. The play tells the [...]
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Who was Aeschylus? Athenian playwright
Aeschylus's plays were performed in the Theater of Dionysos here on the Acropolis below the Parthenon in Athens Biography of Aeschylus Aeschylus (ESS-kill-us) is the earliest playwright in any language [...]
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Origins of ancient Greek theaters
Theater of Dionysos on the Acropolis below the Parthenon in Athens The earliest Greek theaters, probably as early as the Stone Age, were just grassy hillsides with a flat place [...]
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Hellenistic architecture
Hellenistic architecture: Greek theater at Epidauros Enough temples already By the Hellenistic period, there were pretty much enough Greek temples. Most towns already had one, and many towns had a [...]
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Classical Greek Architecture
Classical Greek architecture: Parthenon, Athens From Archaic to Classical There is no really sharp change in the style of architecture between the Archaic and the Classical periods. One blends gradually [...]
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Reading a Greek play – Ancient Greece project
Greek theater at Epidauros - Reading a Greek play How did Greek plays get started? One great activity to understand ancient Greece better is to stage a scene from a [...]
