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Western Culture 1-2: Greek Drama & Lyric

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  1. Introduction to Drama & Lyric
  2. Lesson 1: Background of Greek Drama: Development of Theater
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  3. Lesson 2: Background of Greek Drama: The Period, the Poets, and the Presentation
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  4. Lesson 3: Aeschylus’ Oresteia: The Agamemnon
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  5. Lesson 4: Aeschylus’ Oresteia: The Libation-bearers and The Eumenides
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  6. Lesson 5: Sophocles’ Oedipus the King
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  7. Lesson 6: Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus
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  8. Lesson 7: Euripides’ Medea and Trojan Women
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  9. Lesson 8: Aristophanes’ The Frogs and The Clouds
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  10. Lesson 9: Lyric Poetry: Sappho and Pindar, and Theocritus
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  11. Lesson 10: Lyric Poetry: Hesiod
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  12. Lesson 11: Lesser Epics: Quintus of Smyrna, The Fall of Troy
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  13. Lesson 12: Lesser Epics: Apollonius of Rhodes, The Argonautica
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. Based on the Greek theory that certain things in drama should only occur off screen (refer back to the etymology of the word “obscene”) what would the Greeks think of our modern dramas today?

EXTRA ASSIGNEMENT:
Sketch an image of the traditional design for a Greek theater. Include the hemisphere of audience seats, the “orchestra” in front, the “scena” behind.