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Thespis (/ ˈ θ ɛ s p ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Θέσπις; fl. 6th century BC) was an Ancient Greek poet. [1] He was born in the ancient city of Icarius (present-day Dionysos, Greece ). [ 2 ] According to certain Ancient Greek sources and especially Aristotle , he was the first human to appear on stage as an actor playing a character in a ...
Aristophanes (c. 446–388 BC), a leading source for Greek Old Comedy. The Acharnians (425 BC) The Knights (424 BC) The Clouds (423 BC) The Wasps (422 BC) Peace (421 BC) The Birds (414 BC) Lysistrata (411 BC) Thesmophoriazusae (c. 411 BC) The Frogs (405 BC) Assemblywomen (c. 392 BC) Plutus (388 BC) Pherecrates 420 BC; Diocles of Phlius ...
For achieving his end Euripides' regular strategy is a very simple one: retaining the old stories and the great names, as his theatre required, he imagines his people as contemporaries subjected to contemporary kinds of pressures, and examines their motivations, conduct and fate in the light of contemporary problems, usages and ideals.
A. Acestor; Achaeus of Eretria; Achaeus of Syracuse; Aeantides; Aeschylus; Agathon; Alcaeus (comic poet) Alexander Aetolus; Alexis (poet) Ameipsias; Amphis; Anaxandrides
Sophocles [a] (c. 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC) [2] was an ancient Greek tragedian known as one of three from whom at least one play has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides.
Greek tragedy is widely believed to be an extension of the ancient rites carried out in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine and theatre, and it heavily influenced the theatre of Ancient Rome and the Renaissance. Tragic plots were most often based upon myths from the oral traditions of archaic epics. In tragic theatre, however, these narratives ...
Ancient Greek dramatists and playwrights (7 C, 101 P) Pages in category "Greek dramatists and playwrights" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Nevertheless, the mask is known to have been used since the time of Aeschylus and considered to be one of the iconic conventions of classical Greek theatre. [ 19 ] Masks were also made for members of the chorus, who play some part in the action and provide a commentary on the events in which they are caught up.