- A bull or goat was won by dancing choruses of worshipers.
- As many as fourteen thousand spectators gathered in the open-air Theater of Dionysus.
- Masks had exaggerated mouthpieces that amplified the voices of the actors.
- The audiences of Antigone were full of suspense due to their knowledge of things the characters on stage didn't know.
- The shepard was supposed to leave the infant on the mountainside with his knees pinned together.
- The Sphinx's riddle was "What creature goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?"
- Oedipus' kids are Polyneices, Eteocles, Antigone, and Ismene.
- After Oedipus is exiled Jocasta's brother, Creon, takes over Thebes.
- Creon gave Eteocles a hero's burial and Polyneices body was left to rot outside the gate of Thebes.
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Greek Drama ?'s
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