Choregoi Vase

• The Choregoi Vase is dated c. 380 BC
• The Choregoi vase was found in South Italy
• The Choregoi vase shows

  • Aegisthus (left) in tragic dress
  • Skene with an open door
  • Two Choregoi in comic dress
  • Pyrrhias standing on wool basket in comic dress
• The scene the Choregoi vase is depicting could be a comic competition between Aegisthus (tragedy) and Pyrrhias (comedy) with a chorus of Choregoi
• The Choregoi vase is useful because it shows

  • Skene (open door)
  • Raised stage
  • Elaborate tragic costume
  • Exaggerated comic costume
  • Masks
  • Props
• The limitations of the Choregoi vase are

  • Found in south italy
  • made at a later date
  • Unclear what play
  • The chorus should be on stage
  • 4 actors on stage
• Name the Figures

  A) Aegisthus

  B) Pyrrhias

  C) Choregos

  D) Choregos