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Topic: Ancient Greek theatre


  
  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Ancient Greek theatre
Greek theatre or Greek Drama is a theatrical tradition that flourished in ancient Greece between c.
The polis of Athens, the political and military power in Greece during this period, was the epicenter of ancient Greek theatre.
Greek theatres were not enclosed; the audience could see each other and the surrounding countryside as well as the actors and chorus.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Greek_theatre   (1156 words)

  
 greek theatre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Greek theatre Greek theatre came into its own between 600 and 200 BC in the ancient city of Athens.
The Cranbrook Greek Theatre The Greek Theatre was built in 1916 and is one of only a handful of such theatres in the country.
Museum and Study Centre of the Greek Theatre The Museum was founded in 1938 by the historian of the Greek Theatre, Yiannis Sideris.
www.gratefuldeadsites.com /greektheatre   (1351 words)

  
 Ancient Greek Theatre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The spirit of ancient Greek theatre Angry manifesto Who we are Where we have performed INTERVIEWS Jamie Masters on music M.J.Coldiron on masks Yana Zarifi on the chorus Music samples Contacts Links...
The AC is also associated with the masks that actors in ancient greek theatre were wearing; it is a thin, opaque shell with a few openings.
But as sphinxlike Greek politics go, the naval commander Themistocles is not only not rewarded for his victory, but is removed as Athens' leader for accepting bribes and hubris--or in other words, for being too arrogant and tempting the Gods.
www.theatreculture.com /ancientgreektheatre   (1176 words)

  
 Ancient Greek Theatre and Drama on the WWW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
There are many web sites offering helpful information and illustrations relating to ancient theatre and drama.
At TOD at Athens read the article and views these images in particular: 1990.30.143 and 1990.30.0142 (to get a sense of the theatre in relation to the Acropolis and the Acropolis in relation to the city).
At the Epidauros (the best preserved of the ancient theatres), view, in particular: 199030.0031 and 1990.30.0030, and look at the first "Remote image" (click on the image to expand it) to get a sense of the audience's view of the stage in relation to nature.
www.usd.edu /~rmoyer/GreekWWW.htm   (309 words)

  
 Perseus Digital Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
We've added Pliny the Elder's encyclopedic Natural History, (search), a remarkable snapshot of the state of Geography, Ethnography, Astronomy, Biology, and Geology in the early Roman empire.
New reference works: Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (search), and Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (search).
Although both works are more than a hundred years old, they remain valuable sources for information about the classical world.
www.perseus.tufts.edu   (343 words)

  
 Ancient Greek Mythology
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
Many Greek authors and texts are to be found (Greek and English versions) on Perseus.
Many of the internet sites that deal with Ancient Greek Myth and Religion are indifferent, unreliable or worse.
www.greekmyth.org   (2113 words)

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