Greek Tradegy
Greek Legacies Activity
Define:
Greek tragedy is a form of theatre. It became most popular within the Athens time around the 5th century BCE.
Detail:
- The origin of Greek tragedy is one of the unsolved problems of Classical scholarship. Ruth Scodel notes that, due to lack of evidence and doubtful reliability of sources, we know nearly nothing about tragedy's origin. Although we can easily trace various influences from other genres.
- Three innovations must have taken place for tragedy as we know it to exist.
- Now and days authors use Greek tragedies as inspiration and something to look at.