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Title: 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
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