CLA 2323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Euripides, Aeschylus, Sophocles
28 Feb 2017
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Visual: the ancient art images, sculptures, pottery. The texts: illiad, odyssey, theogony, works and days, homeric hymns, tragedies, metamorphoses. Private: at home family time, at private parties symposia, at the barber"s and meeting/eating places. Public performances: epic poetry, choral poetry, drama. Lengthy, narrative poems about the deeds of gods and heroes. Recited by professional bards to the accompaniment of a musical instrument. Performed at public events, i. e festivals or at king"s court. Wall painting from the mycenaean palace of pylos (about. The homeric hymns: a collection of 33 poems dedicated to individual gods and goddesses. At festivals: for example: pindar"s praise of victorious athletes, performed by a chorus. Actors from a satyr drama holding their masks. Myths: the source for the dramatic plot. Dramatic performances: means to express political, philosophical views to the audiences. Independent communities and small scale farmers: hot and dry summers, mild rainy winters. Limited agricultural and land resources so mainly grew: olives, vines, cereal.
