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11 Μαΐ 2016 · Actors and especially the ones who played the leading parts ("protagonists") were persons of high respect, not only to the Athenian society but worldwide. Some of them have been addressed as ambassadors.
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14 Ιουλ 2016 · Greek theatre is a form of performance art where a limited number of actors and a chorus conduct a tragedy or comedy based on the works of ancient playwrights. Greek theatre typically has as its theme stories from Greek mythology or comedic situations where real ancient Greek politicians and others are made fun of.
A theatrical culture flourished in ancient Greece from 700 BC. At its centre was the city-state of Athens, which became a significant cultural, political, and religious place during this period, and the theatre was institutionalised there as part of a festival called the Dionysia, which honoured the god Dionysus.
Ancient Greek Actors. In Greek plays, there were no actresses; all roles were played by men, often wearing masks made of wood or cork. Actors worked long hours. Some trilogies were written to be performed in their entirety in one day. The first actor was a man named Hyprocites (the word hypocrite was first used around Chaucer's time).
We know what they looked like from statues and paintings of ancient Greek actors. Tragic masks carried mournful or pained expressions, while comic masks were smiling or leering. An actor's entire head was covered by his mask, which included hair.
Seeing a Greek tragedy performed in English, let alone in the ancient Greek, may sound like hard work to many nowadays. But for the first audiences of plays like the Agamemnon, Medea and Bacchae, the theatre was the ancient equivalent of Hollywood – mass entertainment and big business.
