Greek Theater

Here is a picture of an Ancient Greek theater. The Greeks called this a theatron. They were usually located on the slopes of hills. They consisted of the audience, skene, and the orchestra. 

The Greeks first started out putting on plays/dramas to please the gods. In Ancient Greece, there were two kind of drama: tragedy and drama. A tragedy was a serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war, or betrayal. These tragedies would include a tragic hero. An example of a tragic hero would be Macbeth in Macbeth, or Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar. In these Greek plays, the tragic heroes would have a tragic flaw that would ultimately cause the hero's downfall. In Greece, there were three very great tragedy writers. Aeschylus, Agamemnon, and Euripides. The Greeks also wrote and preformed comedies. These comedies were filled with slapstick situations and crude humor. Playwrights often made fun of politics and respected people and ideas at the time (We still do this! for example, SNL.) Ancient Greek plays have influenced movies and TV shows. For example, I recently watched the film Onward with my younger siblings and my mom. This movie was a comedy about two brothers that need to find the other half of their dad. (I know it sounds stupid but it was actually ok.) In the movie, there were lots of little jokes that the characters made and many funny situations that the characters were put into. Onward is a great example of how the Greeks still influence our movies and TV shows.