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Western Culture 1-2: Greek Drama & Lyric
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Introduction to Drama & Lyric
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Lesson 1: Background of Greek Drama: Development of Theater1 Step
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Lesson 2: Background of Greek Drama: The Period, the Poets, and the Presentation1 Step
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Lesson 3: Aeschylus’ Oresteia: The Agamemnon1 Step
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Lesson 4: Aeschylus’ Oresteia: The Libation-bearers and The Eumenides1 Step
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Lesson 5: Sophocles’ Oedipus the King1 Step
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Lesson 6: Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus1 Step
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Lesson 7: Euripides’ Medea and Trojan Women1 Step
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Lesson 8: Aristophanes’ The Frogs and The Clouds1 Step
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Lesson 9: Lyric Poetry: Sappho and Pindar, and Theocritus1 Step
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Lesson 10: Lyric Poetry: Hesiod1 Step
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Lesson 11: Lesser Epics: Quintus of Smyrna, The Fall of Troy1 Step
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Lesson 12: Lesser Epics: Apollonius of Rhodes, The Argonautica1 Step
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Lecture 1: Background- The Development of Theater (23 min video)
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- 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.