BIRDS

Question 1

HOW can we tell Birds is a comedic play? 🦅🦅 ❌👩🏻‍🦰👩🏼‍🦳⛪️

Answer 1

Characterisation of the Chorus as 🦅/animals NOT Women of Corinth/Priests of Thebes

Question 2

WHEN was the pot made?

Answer 2

480 BC

Question 3

🦅WHAT are the two focal characters + costumes in the Birds Pot ? 🟣💰🧎‍♂️

Answer 3

2️⃣ BEARDED [so male] FIGURES
1) Dressed as birds
2) Dappled Skin
3) Tails
4) Wings
5) Purple crests + feathers + feet attached to knees
6) Feet attached to knees~
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4) Demonstrates costume fitting (1 actor holds onto it)
5) The prestige given to those who funded plays (💰💰 costumes + payed for choreographer)
6) Mimics flying (dancing) = WOULD look real when knelt

Question 4

WHO painted 🦅 + on what type of jug? 🪼🍷

Answer 4

Gela the painter, Wine jug

Question 5

🦅HOW is it useful as a pot? 😂 🏰🐶

Answer 5

1) Possible indications as to the origins of Comedy
2) Shows 💡 of Animal choruses = PREDATES Aristophanes by decades (414 BC)

Question 6

HOW are PROPS useful in the Birds Vase? 💃 🪸

Answer 6

1) Aulētēs playing his aulous (L) suggests Birds = ✅dancing✅
2) Vine branch Background suggest Dionysus

HOW/WHY?
1) Common motif used by painters to show choral scene
2) = God of Theatre ref

Question 7

Give 5 Limitations in the Birds Pot👁️🎭

Answer 7

1) ❌ Other details on narrative of play
2) ❌ Audience
3) ❌ Actors (only chorus)
4) ❌ Details other about how chorus performed (besides dancing)
5) ONLY 2 out of 24 members in comedic chorus = depicted

Question 8

WHAT is important about the Birds vase overall? 🎭

Answer 8

The SCENE not the theatre detail