Greek Drama and Dramatists

Sommerstein, Alan H.

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“…Drama was a part of the worship of the god and it is the very existence of the audience that they have perceived upon stage in dramatic guises. In Athens, every dramatic performance was a part of a religious festival held either by state or by a local community and evidence strongly suggests that this was always and everywhere the normal pattern and it does prove that dramatic performances were public and civic events (Sommerstein, 2004). Although women were not allowed in the drinking parties of men unless present as musicians, dancers or prostitutes, women had sung and told stories when they worked at the loom and their participation in various religious cults were also included songs and dances of a more sober nature (Rehm, 1992).…”

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“…It is in such a way that Storey and Allan (2005) discuss about the impact of Greek drama on Greek life. Sommerstein (2004) compares and contrats the modern drama with Greek Drama where he says that modern dramatic performances are of two kinds. In one variety (film, video, television) the spectators are separated in space and time from the performers, and often also from each other; they are basically inactive consumers of a prepackaged product.…”

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“…This indeed was one reason, why they formed part of religious festivals where the Greeks found them so connected with their real life, due to the performance culture which was in progress during that time. As Sommerstein (2004) denotes, one should not look at Greek drama with the perceptions of modern drama. For the modern world, drama is a means of spending leisure or an attempt to break the boring daily routine.…”

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Drama as a Mode of Communication in the Ancient Greek World

Bamunusinghe

2013

Sri Lankan J Hum Res Mgt

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In the ancient Greek world, drama was a part of their lives, something intimate, frequent and inseparable. It was not the individual choice that took the mass to the Greek theatre, but they were a part of this process of dramas as a nation, which came in the guise of rituals of festivals, held in honour of god Dionysus. Drama and drama festivals were facilitated with state recognition and were sponsored by the rulers of the city-states, encouraging the citizens to participate in them. Massive theatre structures were constructed, providing seating capacity for thousands. Within such appealing circumstances, Greek drama has evolved through time, gifting outstanding dramatists and drama compositions to the world of aesthetics. Greeks being a nation whose lives were embedded in a performance culture, drama was the most effective and intimate to be utilized as a mode of communication, during such an ancient period where there were no other modes of communication like in the world of today.

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Drama as a Mode of Communication in the Ancient Greek World

Bamunusinghe

2013

Sri Lankan J Hum Res Mgt

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“…[17] Orthannes, Yunanistan Attika'da ibadet edilen, bahçe bereketi ile ilgili ithifallik bir tanrı-ilah idi. [18] Konisalos, antik Yunanda ithifallik bir ilah olup fallusundan dolayı komedilere konu edilmiştir. [19] Tykhon, erekte penisi nedeni ile fertilite (bereket) ile ilişkilendirilmiş küçük Yunan tanrı-ilahlarından biridir.…”

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İthifallik tanrılar ve ifade ettikleri

Güner¹

2019

Androl Bul

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Antikçağda insanların sağlık bulma arayışında başvurduğu birden çok sağlık modeli vardı. Büyücüler, ilaç satıcıları, gezici şifacılar, ebeler, yöresel halk hekimleri, bilimsel hipokratik hekimler ve tanrıların şifa tapınakları bunların en bilinenleriydi. Tüm bu sağlık modelleri geçerli olsa da çok tanrılı antikçağda en popüler olan sağlık veren tanrı veya tanrıçaların şifa tapınakları idi. [1] Çok ABSTRACT OBJECTİVE: In the polytheistic antiquity, every area of life was under the direction and supervision of gods and goddesses. The gods and goddesses had symbols showing their abilities or attributes. Among those gods and demigods who were believed, worshiped and expected for remedies, there were those depicted in the open with his penis or phallus. This study aimed to reveal mythological gods, demigods and heroes symbolized by penis or phallus and their expressions in andrological point of view in polytheistic period. MATERIAL and METHODS: The literature on ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Asian mythology, ithyphallic gods and phallic cult was investigated. The ithyphallic gods, demigods and mithologic actors with penis-phallus symbol in archeological websites, archeological museums in Turkey and abroad, archaeological books and magazines were investigated. RESULTS: Erect penis is called phallus. The gods, demigods and heroes like Dionysus, Hermes, Priapus, Narcissus, Orthannes, Conisalos, Tychon, Pan, Silenus and Satyrs in ancient Greece and Rome, Shiva in ancient Asia, Min in ancient Egypt were depicted with exposed phallus or phallus, representing phallic beliefs associated with sexuality, masculinity, sexual power, sex, fertilization, fecundity, reproduction, fertility and productivity. Sculptures, figures, ceramic pots, frescoes, reliefs, paintings, mosaics and ancient coins were the main means of depiction. The fact that the penis in priapism is associated with the penis of God Priapos and that the priapism was named after Priapus arouses curiosity. CONCLUSION: The phallus, which was associated with sexuality, masculinity, sexual power, sex, fertilization, reproduction and productivity in the ancient period, led to the emergence of a phallic belief and phallic cult, expressed as worship of the male genitals, and developed under the auspices of mythological gods and heroes whose symbol is the phallus. It is believed that worship of ithyphallic God and heroes will provide yield and fertility in all areas of male sexuality and reproduction, even in the entire universe. The myth of God Priapos and his phallus has survived, and priapism in the medical literature is named after Priapos.

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“…Sophocles is one of the most noted playwrights of the ancient world and, along with Aeschylus and Euripides, belongs to the trinity of the Attic tragedians who flourished during the golden century of Pericles in Athens ( Figure 1 ). Sophocles lived between 496 and 406 bc ; although he seems to have written 123 plays, only 7 have survived in a complete form ( 1 ). He lived his entire life in Athens and introduced many innovations in the dramatic arts ( 1 ).…”

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