ARTS

• Dionysus - God of Wine
• Aeschylus - First to introduce a second actor during on-stage performances.
• Sophocles wrote seven popular tragedies. (Antigone, Electra, Oedipus Rex). Introduced the third actor during on-stage. He won 24 awards for his plays, and he never ranked lower than second place
• Euripides composed over 90 plays (“Medea”, “Hercules”, ”The Trojan Women)
• the six Aristotelian elements: plot, Theme, Character, Language/Dialogue, Rhythm/Music, spectacle
• Tragedy - Deals with tragic events, unhappy endings, defeat of the main character, the most admired type of play in Greece.
• Thespis is the earliest recorded actor in a tragedy play, introducing the use of masks. Often called the “Father of Tragedy”.
• Satyr is a combination of tragedy and comedy. Also called tragicomedy.
• Sophocles wrote: Antigone, Electra, Oedipus Rex
• Euripides wrote: Medea, Hercules, The Trojan Women