THEA 1030 1st Edition Lecture 11 Greek Theatre City Dionysia Primary Religious Festival Featured new works by playwrights Theatre as form of worship Included orgies intoxication animal sacrifice Dionysus is god of wine revelry and rebirth o In honor of him Tragedy Preferred form Tragedy important because it teaches a lesson Hero Heroine Hero takes responsibility for their action The Greek Theatre Theatron Seeing Place Open air built into the side of a mountain Raked seating stadium seating 10 20 thousand spectacular attended Scaena background Orchestra dancing and singing area nearest audience Representational form of theatre Video Watched Agamemnon by Heschylus Characters Agamemnon o Wages a war with Troy in order to get his brother s wife Helen back because she was stolen o Sacrifices Ipaigenia his first born daughter These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o Goes to war for 10 years o Gives thanks to the Gods Clytemnestra o Agamemnon s wife o She wants to avenge the death of her daughter Ipaigenia o Tricks and kills Agamemnon when he returns from war o Resented Agamemnon for sacrificing their daughter Qresties o Sent away for safe keeping o Finds out his mother Clytemnestra killed his father Proceeds to killing her in order to avenge the death of his father Agamemnon o Underworld gods punish him for killing someone of his own bloodline Lesson Revenge will only lead to more revenge it is a never ending cycle
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