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A theatrical culture flourished in ancient Greece from 700 BC. At its centre was the city-state of Athens, which became a significant cultural, political, and religious place during this period, and the theatre was institutionalised there as part of a festival called the Dionysia, which honoured the god Dionysus. Tragedy (late 500 BC), comedy (490 BC), and the satyr play were the three dramatic genres emerged there. Athens exported the festival to its numerous colonies. Modern Western theatre comes, in large measure, from the theatre of ancient Greece, from which it borrows technical terminology, classification into genres, and many of its themes, stock characters, and plot elements.
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to its numerous colonies. Modern Western theatre comes, in large measure, from the theatreofancientGreece, from which it borrows technical terminology...
a list ofancientGreektheatres by location. Theatreof Dionysus, Athens Theatreof Thorikos, East Attica Odeon of Athens, Athens Theatreof Zea, Piraeus...
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The AncientTheatreof Epidaurus is a theatre in the Greek city of Epidaurus, located on the southeast end of the sanctuary dedicated to the ancient Greek...
and sometimes wore masks. All of the extant plays of the ancientGreektheatre include a chorus that offered a variety of background and summary information...
The Theatreof Dionysus (or Theatreof Dionysos, Greek: Θέατρο του Διονύσου) is an ancientGreektheatre in Athens. It is built on the south slope of the...
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AncientGreece (Greek: Ἑλλάς, romanized: Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries...
"to watch", "to observe"). Modern Western theatre comes, in large measure, from the theatreofancientGreece, from which it borrows technical terminology...
influence ofancientGreece refers to the influence ofAncientGreece on later periods of history, from Medieval times up to the current modern era. Greek culture...
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both of which were understood as analogous to the theatre and increasingly came to absorb its dramatic vocabulary. The theatreofancientGreece consisted...
AncientGreek architecture came from the Greeks, or Hellenics, whose culture flourished on the Greek mainland, the Peloponnese, the Aegean Islands, and...
meaning "place for viewing". AncientGreektheatres were typically built on hillsides and semi-circular in design. The first Greek amphitheatre may have been...
In the theatreofancientGreece, the eirōn (AncientGreek: εἴρων) "dissembler" was one of various stock characters in comedy. The eirōn usually succeeded...
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National TheatreofGreece (Greek: Εθνικό Θέατρο, romanized: Ethnikó Théatro) is based in Athens, Greece. The first permanent theatre in modern Greece had...
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