Greek Reporter9 天
Why Did Ancient Greek Actors Wear Theater Masks?
Ancient Greek theater masks are one of the most defining aspects of ancient theatrical performances and festivals.
Greek Reporter8 天
Hephaistia: The Ancient Greek City on the Island of Limnos
The Ancient Theatre of Hephaistia on the island of Limnos, Greece, is a remarkable testament to the rich cultural heritage of ...
BBC1 年
What do we know about ancient Greek culture?
The Greeks pretty much invented the theatre. Thousands of people packed the hillside arena of ancient Athens to watch plays by famous writers like Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus. The Greeks ...
PBS8 年
The Origins of Theatre - The First Plays (continued)
His play 'The Persians', first performed in 472 BC, is the oldest surviving of all Greek plays ... The first plays were performed in the Theatre of Dionysus, built in the shadow of the Acropolis ...
U.S. News & World Report8 天
Greek Theatre of Taormina
History buffs will want to visit this ancient Greek theater, overlooking the Ionian Sea. Built in the third century B.C., the theater could hold thousands of people attending ancient Greek ...
Berkeley University of California7 个月
Hearst Greek Theatre
Built on the site of a natural amphitheater in the hills above campus, with funds donated by William Randolph Hearst, the Greek Theatre was the first building designed by campus architect John Galen ...
Cambridge University Press11 个月
Art, Desire and the Body in Ancient Greece
The body was central to the visual culture of ancient Greece, reflecting an obsession with physical beauty, integrity, dynamism, and power. In this study, Andrew Stewart analyses the problem of the ...