prescribed sources

• The Perseus dance vase

  • red-figure - 420bc
  • actor - wearing comedic costume
  • audience- possibly also Dionysus and priest - prohedria
  • use of props -
  • Raised stage

  
• Thesmophoriazusae - Schiller painter

  • red figure bell krater - 380bc
  • para-tragedy of Euripides 'Telephaus'
  • from Apulia- Southern Italy - significant

  
• The Basel Dancers

  • Red figure Column Krater- 500bc
  • depicts tragic chorus
  • significance of costume, movement, intent
  • figure near altar- ghost? or Dionysus?
  • military costumes - ephebes

  
• The Pronomos Vase - the Pronomos painter

  • red figure volute krater 410bc
  • depicts actors, dionysus , Pronomos(aulos player), Demetrios- playwright
  • simplicity of tragic costuming

  
• Tragic actors dressing

  • Red figure Pelike 450bc - Phiale painter
  • tragic actors or members of chorus dressing up as women
  • Kothornoi, long chiton

  
• The Choregos vase - Choregos Painter

  • Bell Krater 380 bc
  • Depicts tragic character of Aegisthus and comic characters of Pyrrhias
  • competition and contrast between comedy and tragedy

  
• The Birds Vase - Gela Painter

  • Black figure chous 480bc
  • depicts animal chorus accompanied by musician, auletes
  • predates Aristophanes Birds in 414bc

  
• The Maenad Stamnos - Dinos Painter

  • red figure stamnos - late 5th c
  • depicts Dionysiac Ritual, pillar dressed up as Dionysus with ivy

  
• The Death of Pentheus - Douris Painter

  • red-figure kylix - 480bc
  • depicts Pentheus being killed by Agave and Autonoe