PPT-The Golden Age of Ancient Greek Theatre

the origins of drama The Origins Of Drama Created to celebrate Dionysus the ancient Greek god of the grape harvest winemaking and wine and ritual madness and ecstasy  He was also known as . Weber's Golden Retrievers owned by Albert & Susan Weber has been active in the love of AKC pure bred golden retrievers for over 27 years. Temperment, health, and conformation have been our highest priority. Advanced Theatre. Background to the Theatre. Roman History. . Rome – in 753 B.C. was a town dominated by Etruria, North of Rome. In 509 B.C., the Etruscan (from Etruria) ruler was expelled, and Rome became a republic (just as Athens became a democracy).. Dr. Neighbours. NRHS . Theatre Classes. The land. The myths. The stage. The. . Land. Located in Europe in the Aegean Sea. The Land. PURPOSE OF GREEK DRAMA. Dramas presented by the state at annual religious festivals. . The beliefs of the ancient Greeks reflected the violent storms, volcanoes and earthquakes that were a part of their experience. . Greek mythology is based on legends passed down through generations by word of mouth, so there are many versions of Greek mythology and not all of the stories agree with one another. . “Playgoers, I Bid You Welcome”. Chapter One, MUSICAL THEATRE-A History. Theatre is a communal activity, yet there is scant evidence of ancient rituals and rites.. The Glory That Was Greece. Early Greek dramas were musicals. The Opening Ceremony. At the Olympics, which was always held in Olympia, a ceremony was held, in which a priestess would light a flaming torch to then be ran in laps around the city by athletes in a kind of relay before being taken to the arena to light the fire. That is why we do the torch relay and opening ceremony at the modern Olympics!. Dionysus. God of wine, theatre, revelry, and fertility. Also known as Bacchus by Romans. Born from the thigh of Zeus (twice born). Instructed on winemaking . Greek theatre came out of the worship of Dionysus. of. Speech and Language Science. Mark . Liberman. University of Pennsylvania. http://ling.upenn.edu/~myl. Abstract:. . From . the perspective of a linguist, today's vast archives of digital text and speech, along with new analysis techniques and inexpensive computation, look like a wonderful new scientific instrument, a modern equivalent of the 17th-century invention of the telescope and microscope. We can now observe linguistic patterns in space, time, and cultural context, on a scale three to six orders of magnitude greater than in the past, and simultaneously in much greater detail than before. Scientific use of these new instruments remains mainly potential, but the next decade is likely to be a new "golden age" of research. This talk will discuss some of the barriers to be overcome, present some successful examples, and speculate about future directions.. . Do Now: Write a response to the . . . following question, . “What does the dialogue tell you about . Ancient Greek civilization?”. Person A: “I am Greek, but I am also Spartan!”. Theatre 101. Drama. Greek word meaning “to do” or “to act”. Born out of the dance ceremonies of primitive people before Greek civilization. Egyptian Theatre. Ritualistic rites = our idea of a play. (Primitive Societies & the Ancient Greeks). Theatre of Primitive Societies. Dance ceremonies . (initiation, war, story, religious). Tribal traditions . Religious dances. performed by shamans in front of temples. 3 February 2010. Lecture Outline. The Age of Calamities. Decline of Mycenae. The Greek Dark Ages. Trade and Recovery. Rise of a Social Elite. The Greek Archaic Age. Rebuilding after the Dark Ages. The . MinorwwwClassicsPitteduRevised05/2019Classics is an interdisciplinary program devoted to the study of the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations Students may focus on the classics language track or the Introduction to masks. In ancient Greek drama, the performers wore masks to represent the character they were playing or the emotion that they were showing. Actors in Greek plays often played several different parts and would put on a different mask for each part that they played. The members of the chorus wore masks that were usually similar to each other, but completely different from those of the leading actors. .