Greek TragedyDevelopment of Greek TragedyGreek Tragedy in the 5th CenturyAthenian Acropolis and EnvironsTheater of DionysusTheatre at SyracuseTheatre PlanThe Tragic MachinerySkene, Mechane, and EkkyklemaMasksThe Greater DionysiaÆschylus’ CareerThe House of AtreusThe House of Atreus 3rd GenerationGreek TragedyBackground InformationThe Career of ÆschylusThe House of AtreusDevelopment of Greek Tragedy–Dithyramb and Satyrika•Strophic choral poetry•Associated c. Dionysiac worship•Originated in Corinth ca. 600 B.C.–Thespis•Probably NOT the creator of tragedy•Perhaps introduced the prologue and speech–Æschylus: introduced the 2nd actor–Sophocles introduced the 3rd actorGreek Tragedy in the 5th Century–Location•Theater of Dionysus in Athens•Syracuse–Setting•Festivals in Attica–City Dionysia–Rural Dionysia–Lenæa•CompetitionAthenian Acropolis and EnvironsTheater of DionysusTheatre at SyracuseTheatre Plan•1. Orchestra•2. Eisodoi•3. Skene•4. Skene building•5. CaveaThe Tragic Machinery•Chorus–12-15 Members–Masked–Dancing–Strophic Songs (c. antistrophes)–Characters–Stasimon vs. Parodos•Actors (also masked)•Skene•Mechane•EkkyklemaSkene, Mechane, and EkkyklemaMasksThe Greater Dionysia–3 Tragedians–12 Plays–Satyr Plays–Choregia/Choregos (liturgies)–Comedy–RitualÆschylus’ Career–Ca. 525: Born in Eleusis–499: First Tragic Production–490: Marathon–484: First Victory–480: Salamis–472: Persians (Pericles is choregos)–467: Seven against Thebes–???: Suppliants–458: Oresteia–ca. 457: Goes to Sicily–456?: Prometheus Bound–456/5: DiesThe House of Atreus•1st Generation–Names•Pelops•Hippodameia•Oinomaos•Myrtilos–Events•The Race•2nd Generation–Names•Atreus•Aërope•Thyestes–Events•The Seduction•The Ram•The FeastThe House of Atreus3rd Generation–Agamemnon–Menelaos–Clytemnestra•Orestes•Electra•Iphigeneia–Ægisthos•Events Important to Agamemnon–The Feast of Thyestes–The Blood Curse–The Sacrifice of Iphigeneia at Aulis–The Trojan