GREEK TRAGEDY Mr Whitworth Learning希腊悲剧惠氏学习.pptVIP

GREEK TRAGEDY FESTIVALS THE CITY DIONYSIA A festival in honour of Dionysus ORGANISATION Playwrights submitted a proposal to a magistrate EVENTS OF THE DIONYSIA The Proagon took place on the day before Dionysus’ statue was processed to the theatre * Dionysus was god of wine and fertility The City or Great Dionysia was held at the beginning of March By 533 BC, a Tragedy competition was a regular part of the Dionysia The first evidence we have a play being performed at the Dionysi is of Aeschylus’ ‘Persae’, produced in 472BC The magistrate had free choice over which productions he