Ancient Greek Drama: A Comparison of the Euripides and Sophocles

The theater is an important part of the ancient Greek civilization. The history of the Greek drama starts with a religious festival commemorating Dionysus. During the festival, several citizens sang and performed improvising performances, and other festival participants judged the performance to decide which is the best. These plays form the foundation of the Greek theater. Drama got an aesthetic view and became an art form for competition among performers to produce the best performance.

Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC) (Ancient Greek: Σοφοκλης) is one of the three ancient Greek tragedies that defined the drama with Aeschylus and Euripides. The drama format not only influences the drama but also establishes a literary tradition that will be the ancient world of the Western literary tradition. From Seneca to William Shakespeare, from Jean-Baptiste Molière to John Wolfgang von Goethe, all major playwrights are influenced by the concept of Les tragedies by Sophoc to some extent.

Literature and drama have absorbed themes and stories of Greek myths for a long time. In addition to the works of ancient Greeks themselves, including works by Sophocles and Euripides themselves, writers from ancient times to the present found inspiration in Greek mythology. Roman writers Virgil (Aneid) and Ovid (The Metamorphosis) used Greek stories and characters as poetry. References to Greek myths can be found in works by Petrack and Boccaccio of the medieval Italian poets, as well as works by British poet Joe. Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream includes Pyramus and Thisbe as a comedy in the play. Contemporary writers attracting Greek myths include James Joyce (Ulysses) and Mary Reynolds (Marine Bulls)

A masterpiece of Greek tragedies (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides) and comedy (Aristophanes, Menand), influence on Roman writers. CAMS 411 WCAMS 411 W Classical drama (3) (BA) This course meets the requirements of a bachelor's degree in art. The purpose of this course is to read, explain, discuss and write the most famous and influential examples of classical drama (English translation). Students will be familiar with Greek tragedies and forms and themes of comedy. Greek playwriters can read Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Menand. The purpose of this course includes learning how to read, analyze and interpret tragedies and comedies in fundamentally different literary, cultural and historical frameworks. Lesson time is used for systematic discussion on setting topics