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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.
Ancient Greek tragedies were most often based upon myths from the oral traditions, exploring human nature, fate, and the intervention of the gods. They evoke catharsis in the audience, a process through which the audience experiences pity and fear, and through that emotional engagement, purges these emotions.
Pages in category "Ancient Greek tragedies" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Anthos (play) U.
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 ...
Ancient Greek tragedies (4 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Ancient Greek plays" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Ancient Greek literature has had an enormous impact on western literature as a whole. [150] Ancient Roman authors adopted various styles and motifs from ancient Greek literature. These ideas were later, in turn, adopted by other western European writers and literary critics. [150] Ancient Greek literature especially influenced later Greek ...
The Origins and Early Forms of Greek Tragedy, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1965. The Origins of ΤΡΑΓΩΙΔΙΑ, Hermes 85, 1957, pp. 17–46. Flickinger, Roy Caston, The Greek theater and its drama, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1918; Foley, Helene, Female Acts in Greek Tragedy, Princeton: Princeton University Press 2001.
The Oresteia (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BCE, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Furies (also called Erinyes or Eumenides).