Hello youtube friends, today we will see the origin and characteristics of the Greek theater. Greek theater originates from Athens, with the festivals promoted by the tyrant ruler Pisistratus in ancient times. These celebrations were carried out as a religious cult to the god Dionysus or Bacchus, who was the god of wine and fertility.
Among all these cults, the dithyramb stands out as the germ of tragedy, it was a lyrical composition sung by a choir whose members appeared dressed as satyrs who were like goats, that is why the name of tragedy was used, which means song of the males. goats. Arión is credited with creating the dithyramb From the representations one in particular arose when the chorus stood out among the choir, which began to respond in an epic or lyrical way to the choir; They called this new character an actor or hypocrite, which means "the one who responds behind the mask, since he feigned feelings.
Thepis is credited with having made this change to inaugurate the tragedy, it is also said that he won the first dramatic contest in 536 BC In the year 407 BC the theater of Dionysus was inaugurated in Athens. Its architecture consisted of bleachers that were arranged in a semicircular way around the orchestra, which was a space which was located between a building called skené and the first tier. There were two Dionysian festivals a year.
Tragedies were staged in the great Dionysics and comedies were staged in rural or Lenas Dionysics . Large expenses were borne by illustrious citizens and it was an honor. They were called coregas.
Aristotle affirms in the Poetics that tragedy is full of beauty and produces catharsis. Catharsis is the purification of passions, since the public had a na spiritual purge or venting watching his deities suffer. He also points out that comedy depicts men as mediocre men and worse than they are.
The functions revolved around a choral action, which is why it was divided into these parts. The singers were known as choreautas who were led by a chorus or chorus leader . The women did not act therefore the men assumed feminine roles.
Masks were used . The actor also used coturn to stand out from the chorus. The playwrights known as the Greek tragedians stand out in tragedy : Aeschylus Sophocles and Euripides, and in comedy, Aristophanes and Menander stand out.
Progressively, the tragedy incorporated a fatalistic conception of life. And the importance of the hero and the destiny become fundamental. In addition, the imitation of reality or mimesis occurs, this reality refers more than anything to the aristocracy.
Since the hero was always a nobleman. Thank you for watching visit this video, if it helped you, you can subscribe to this channel.
