Ancient Greek Entertainment

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Ancient Greek Entertainment

• By Adam A.

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Entertainment intro

• The Greeks excelled in the theater art
• The theatre as we know it today descents directly
  from ancient Greece
• There were 2 types of plays that the Greeks
  perfected

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Greek Entertainment Details

• Three men were considered to be the masters of
  Greek tragedy
• 1 man was the
• Master of the Greek art of comedy
• comedy was a boisterous affair

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More Details

• Tragedy was somewhat more popular and comedy came
  afterwards and had less pupils of the art
• Comedy made fun of Tragedy occasionally
• Aristophanes was the master of comedy

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Tragedy

• The three masters of tragedy were Aeschylus,
  Sophocles and Euripides
• The three men were to think up a tragic story
• The purpose of this was for entertainment

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Comedy

• the master of comedy was a hearty man by the
  name of Aristophanes
• comedy was a way for all the people in Greece to
  feel more carefree and happy
• comedy in ancient Greece made fun of politics,
  wars, and even tragedy