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Greek king . So much of Greek history and religion is in this framework of myth that it is impossible to unravel . A great modern historian , Arnold Toynbee , has said of the Iliad that " anyone who starts reading it as history will ...
Greek king . So much of Greek history and religion is in this framework of myth that it is impossible to unravel . A great modern historian , Arnold Toynbee , has said of the Iliad that " anyone who starts reading it as history will ...
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He had fought in war to defend Greek freedom but like his two peers in drama he knew the corruption and horror of war and exposed it as he saw his ... The Greeks loved satire and mockery and were witty , often cruel masters of both .
He had fought in war to defend Greek freedom but like his two peers in drama he knew the corruption and horror of war and exposed it as he saw his ... The Greeks loved satire and mockery and were witty , often cruel masters of both .
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Two words are especially important in the study of Greek drama : “ hubris ” and “ Fate . ” Hubris means overweening , arrogant pride , that defiant pride which the Jewish and Christian tradition also regard as the deadliest sin ...
Two words are especially important in the study of Greek drama : “ hubris ” and “ Fate . ” Hubris means overweening , arrogant pride , that defiant pride which the Jewish and Christian tradition also regard as the deadliest sin ...
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Contents
How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Reconstruction of Theatre of Dionysus at Athens | 14 |
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