CLST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Geometric Art, Phidias, Pediment
7 Jan 2016
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Represented at the end of each set of three tragedies. The chorus was made up of satyrs, followers of dionysos. Euripides" cyclops is the only complete satyrplay that we possess. Actors of a satyr-play represented on the so called pronomos vase c. 400 bce. Attic vase with actors dressed like satyrs, probably a scene from a lost satyr-play of aiskhylos, the interior decorators (thalamopoioi) Origins in the traditions of attike, rather than of other parts of the greek world. 486 bce first comedy at city dionysia. Chorus dressed up like horses and cavalrymen, attic vase, mid- 6th century bce the vase is earlier than the beginning of attic comedy and possibly represents the sort of spectacles from which it developed. 11 plays by one poet, aristophanes, are completely preserved. We know the names of other poets, several titles and parts of plays of aristophanes and others.
