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Introduction to Classical Greek Theatre and Sophocles' "Antigone"TRANSCRIPT
Greek Tragedy: Antigone
Theatre Components
ActorsChorus
Greek Theatre: Main components
Theatron: literally, the “watching place”
Orchestra: literally, the “dancing place”
Skene: “scene,” or backdrop
TheatronDaylightClass issuesWomenComfortSound effects
OrchestraChallenges:SizeDistance from
audienceHolding
interest
SkeneBehind orchestraServed as
backdrop, houseDecorative in
later yearsHolds mechane
Other Theatre Components
Parados: passageways
Ekkykleme: “the thing that rolls”
Mechane: crane used for special effect
Actors3 Actors, all
menVarious rolesWore masksElaborate
gestures, “over-acting”
Chorus12-15 menSingingDancingStropheAntistrophe
Antigone: in context
DionysiaSophoclesOedipus RexCast of characters
Sophocles 495 B.C.E. :Born in
Colonus, in Attica 441: Writes Antigone 431-404:
Peloponnesian War (Athens v. Sparta)
429: Writes Oedipus Rex
406: Sophocles dies
Oedipus Rex Delphic Oracle,
prophecy Corinth Sphinx riddle Self-punishment Children: Eteocles,
Polyneices, Ismene, Antigone
Corinth: Agora
Corinth
Sanctuary to Artemis
Corinth17th Century Skeleton from burial ground
Oracle at Delphi Apollo Parnassus Temple Pythia Oracle “trust in
Athens’ wooden walls…”
Delphi: Temple to Apollo
Delphi: View of valley
Image and Textual References
Ancient Greek Theater. Retrieved July 20, 2007, Web site: http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110tech/graphics/theaterdiagram.jpg
Damen, (2006). Classical Drama and Theatre. Retrieved July 20, 2007, Web site: www.usu.edu/.../11/vaseactorholdingmask.jpg
Greek Drama. Retrieved July 20, 2007, Web site: www.baylor.edu/~John_Thorburn/Attica2.GIF Hellenic World Staff (2007). The Greek Sphinx. Retrieved July 20, 2007, from The Hellenic World Web site:
www.ancientworlds.net/.../08/55/00085574_320.jpg Retrieved July 20, 2007, Web site:
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~tcf/pictures/electra.png&imgrefurl=http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~tcf/pastevents.html
Startz, A. (2006). Retrieved July 20, 2007, Web site: http://casweb.ou.edu/home/news/events/images/sophocles.jpg
The Classical Greek Chorus. Retrieved July 20, 2007, Web site: www2.selu.edu/.../classes/engl230/Chorus.jpg