6.6

Agenda:

Lite

rara

ture

&

Theatr

e 1. DO NOW: Homework on desk, share LP’s

Attendance & HW Preview

Notes

Performances

6.6 COOLEST Authors

Book of the Year Award’14

(314 BCE, that is)

6.6

Lit

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ture

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Thre

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e

OBJECTIVE: WWBAT describe cultural advancements

in literature and theatre. WWBAT identify the

roles and contributions

of Pericles, Homer, and Euripides.

Peri

cles,

Ora

tor

(als

o m

ilita

ry g

enera

l and s

tate

sman (

i.e.

polit

icia

n))

495-4

29 B

.C.E

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thens

Euri

pid

ies,

Wri

ter

(Tra

gedie

s) 4

80 –

406 B

CE

Aegean Isl

ands/

Mace

donia

Euri

pid

es

Public

ati

ons

Alcestis, 438 BC

Medea, 431 BC

Heracleidae

, c 430 BC

Hippolytus

, 428 BC

Andromache

, c. 425 BC

Hecuba

, c. 424 BCThe suppliants

, c. 423 BC

Electra, c. 420 BC

Heracles

, c. 416 BCThe Trojan Women

, c. 415 BCIphigenia in Tauris

, c. 414 BC

Ion, c. 414 BC

Helen, c. 412 BC

Phoenician Women

, c. 410 BC

Orestes, 408 BC

Bacchae, 405 BC

Iphigenia at Aulis

, 405 BC

Rhesus, ? BC

Cyclops ? BC

Hom

er,

Sin

ger/

Wri

ter

~850 B

CE

unkn

ow

n

Hom

er’

s Pu

blic

ati

ons

Iliad The poems of Illiad depict the seige of Troy

during the Trojan War. The word Illiad itself

means "something concerned with Ilion". Illion

was the city based in the state of Troy. When

Illiad was created, is arguable. Could have

been written anytime between 400-800 BCE.

Odyssey The epic poem Odyssey focuses on the Greek

character Odysseus and his ten year journey

from Troy to Ithaca after the fall of Troy (Trojan

war). The poem covers both the circumstances

that befell his family in Ithaca and his own

perilous adventures back from Troy. Whilst in

Odysseus absence at home, his son

Telemachus and wife Penelope have to deal

with suitors who move into their home, in an

attempt to take Odysseus place and marry

Penelope, assuming Odysseus isn’t coming

back. Homeric HymnsHomer was also a well-known song writer – these

poems are religious in theme (like church hymns)

trag·e

·dy

ˈtrajidē/ noun: tragedy; plural noun:

tragedies 1. an event causing great suffering,

destruction, and distress, such as a

serious accident, crime, or natural

catastrophe."a tragedy that killed

95 people” 2. a play dealing with tragic events

and having an unhappy ending,

esp. one concerning the downfall of

the main character.

ep·ic

ˈepik/ noun From the Ancient Greek a

djective ἐπικός epikos), from ἔπος (epos

) "word, story, poem"[1])

a long poem, typically

one derived from ancient

oral tradition, narrating

the deeds and adventures of heroic or

legendary figures or the

history of a nation.

Hom

ew

ork

: G

reek

Tragedy

Directions: 1.Pick your favorite teacher/subject

2.Pericles: Write a ‘speech’ about the Iliad3.Eurpidies: Summarize

the tragedy ‘Medea’4.Homer: Map/Sketch

out the journey in the

epic of the Odyssey