Hello friends! Thanks for coming back to my blog! I just came back from my spectacular spring break where I literally hibernated for to weeks. But now, refreshed as can be, I am back with another post. This will possibly be my last blog post so I hope you had fun with me because I know I had fun with you! For my last question, I wanted to find some examples of theater in the olden days. Greeks considered plays to tell stories about past experiences and mythic legends. It was very dear to their hearts because it brought back memories from their ancestors. The Amphictyon, a "comedy" about the perfect life. (I truly don't know how this is a comedy, but lets go along with it, shall we?) The man describes how "The earth produced no terror and no disease; on the other hand, things needful came of their own accord. Every torrent flowed with wine, barley-cakes strove with wheat-loaves for men's lips Fishes would come to the house and bake themselves, then serve themselves on the tables. A river of broth, whirling hot slices of meat. On dishes there would be honey-cakes all sprinkled with spices, and roast thrushes served up with milk-cakes were flying into the gullet" Sounds pretty delicious to me! Another example is a tragedy one. Woman Of Trachis is about a woman who's married to man named Heracles. Her husband is often in war and is rarely home and his worried wife starts to take action and sends her son as a spy. When her son comes back, he has news that the Heracles is cheating on her with a younger woman. She than send a magic potion that makes him ill and soon he dies of a straining death. The guilt infests her body so much that she kills herself. Wow! When they said that these were going to be tragedy plays, they really did mean it! Well that's it for me. So long, farewell, Auf wiedershen, goodnight. I hate to go and leave this pretty sight! dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun- dun dun dun dun dun dun! Bye ;)
This is the famous Greek tragedy "Woman Of Trachis" by the famous writer, Sophocles.
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