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Aeschylus, Oresteia:
A Myth Onstage
Athens
Theater of Dionysus
Theater of Dionysus
outdoor performance
all Athenian citizens
watchman
acting area
dancing area
Great Dionysia: “Festival of Dionysus”
Great Dionysia: Spring (March/April) 458 BCE
priest of Dionysus
ten judges: state-sponsored competition
Aeschylus wins first prize
the chorus:
singing, dancing
diaulos (“double oboe”)
the chorus:
old men of Argos
male actors
full mask
costume
the drama begins ...
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