GREEK DRAMA Flashcards
CROWNING GLORY OF THE ATHENIAN AGE
GREEK DRAMA
GREEK DRAMA ALSO CALLED
AGE OF PERICLES, ATHENIAN AGE, GOLDEN AGE
AGE OF PERICLES
PERICLES WAS THE RULING POWER IN ATHENS
ATHENIAN AGE
ATHENS BECAME THE WHITE-HOT LITERARY CENTER OF GREECE
GOLDEN AGE
DRAMA FLOURISHED DURING THIS PERIOD
THREE GREAT TRAGIC WRITERS:
AESCHYLUS, SOPHOCLES, EURIPIDES, ALSO ARISTOPHANES
GREATEST WRITER OF COMEDY
ARISTOPHANES
THREE DIVISIONS OF POETRY:
EPIC, LYRIC, DRAMATIC POETRY
EPIC POETRY
Relates the actions of great heroes
Minds of people were deeply influenced by legends handed down from antiquity
EPIC POETRY
Express one’s personal aims and wishes
LYRIC POETRY
Developed in a more republican form of government
LYRIC POETRY
Expression of the it of Greek civilization
DRAMATIC POETRY
All the depths of human emotiona
LYRIC POETRY
Organ of the prevailing thoughts and feelings
DRAMATIC POETRY