Ancient Greek Theater

The word tragedy comes from the Greek tradargus, "goat" and odi, or "song" (Nardo 14). In Greek philosopher Aristotle, in his work "Poetry" "[tragedy] must have started with improvisational work ... from the author of dithyramb] Then that progress was at each stage they had I improved it little by little "(Naldo 14). Over the years, Dithyramb has created and re-established epic old works like Homer's Odyssey and Idol (Nardo 14).

The theater of ancient Greece was the first historical record of "theater". And it is a Greek term meaning "do" or "action". Since the 5th century BC, Greek theaters have evolved into art that is still used today. In the Athenian Golden Age, the drama was created, and the drama was considered one of the most amazing works of the world drama. Today, there are many famous plays and movies based on the reproduction of ancient dramas. The theater began with religious ceremonies of tribes of ancient Greece.

The word "drama" comes from Greek "theatron". This means the seat part of the outdoor arena where people see the drama. Like many other ancient Greek theaters, the first western play, which began in Athens, enters the hillside and can accommodate between 10,000 and 20,000 people. The standard Greek theater consists of three parts: a dance floor, a dressing room, and a scene building area. The acoustic effect of the theater is one of the most important functions and everyone can hear the words of an avid male actor. Ancient Greeks like dramas, and each town has its own performance company that can compete with neighboring towns.

Our interest in the theater has made us closely related to the ancient Greeks and Romans. In most cities of Greece and Rome there is an amphitheater and the seats are arranged in layers so that you can enjoy the scenery of the surrounding landscape. Here, the Greeks were sitting at Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Menand and then the drama of the playwright. The Greek theater consists of the actual structure of an orchestra, a choir dance floor dance floor, and a theater building. Since the ancient theaters were often remodeled and rebuilt, the surviving wills provided little evidence of the essence of theater space that can be used by classical playwriters in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. There is no physical evidence that the circular orchestra is earlier than Epidaurus theater in about 330 BC. Probably, the audience in the 5th century BC

The dramatic forms of the ancient Greek drama are tragedy, comedy, and satellite. Tragedy of Athens, comedy, pornography are the earliest drama in the world. Greek dramas and dramas have had sustained impact on Western drama and culture. Pornography deals with mythical themes in a comedy way. The tragedy has the founder, Thespis. And it is considered the first tragic drama Greek actor. Aristotle's poetry theory, tragedy comes from dithyrambs, and these songs are praises Dionysus every year in Dionysia. Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus are three tragic playwrights famous for Greece. The structure of the Greek tragedy is as follows.