CITY DIONYSIA SCHOLARS Flashcards
To attend the theatre
was a religious duty and the responsibility of all pious citizens
- Higgins
Dionysus’ role as a
god of subversion was essential to tragedy
- Goldhill
the plays composed for
competition at the drama festivals always took their subjects from a wider range of myths than just stories about Dionysus
- Easterling
there is nothing intrinsically
Dionysiac about Greek tragedt
- Taplin
the debate as to whether
Athenian women watch, or rather be permitted or encouraged to watch, the plays themselves, is a controversial one’
- Cartledge
it is often said that
slaves could definitely attend the City Dionysia
- Goldhill
tragedy and comedy were percieved
were perceived as part of political life in Athens
- Taplin
it is easy to infer that attendance
attendance at the theatre was regarded as a citizen’s duty, privilege and requirement
- Goldhill
the chorus act as
an emotional bridge between the audience and the narrator, telling us how we should be feeling
- Taplin
