Greek Culture Waxahachie Independent School District希腊文化沃克西哈奇独立学区.pptVIP

Greek Culture Drama and Philosophy Historiae Herodotus of Halicanarssus: “the purpose is to prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time and to preserve the fame of the important and remarkable events” Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War. Explored long term cause and effect. Drama Greeks loved tragedies Aeschylus: 27 time dramatist of the year! Simple plots based on a tragic flaw. Wrote in “Trilogies” such as the Oretesia. Euripedes: a skeptic who wrote about the excess of worshiping Dionysus in the Bacchae Social commentary: critical of Peloponnesian War-Lysistrat