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Joy and Tears in Situ: The Perception of Theatre in Early Greek Sources

  • Anna Novokhatko
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Chronology and History of the Attic Theatre
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Abstract

This paper explores the earliest Greek sources on the architectural complex of ancient Greek theatre and also on the phenomenon of theatre as a social event. It will consider the insights that the place attachment theory might offer in this context. The audience and the performers are acutely aware that they form a group and develop a profound sense of belonging and attachment to a particular place and space. Theatre is socialised and enacted, constructed by society through its interaction with the biophysical environment in which that society develops its existence.

Abstract

This paper explores the earliest Greek sources on the architectural complex of ancient Greek theatre and also on the phenomenon of theatre as a social event. It will consider the insights that the place attachment theory might offer in this context. The audience and the performers are acutely aware that they form a group and develop a profound sense of belonging and attachment to a particular place and space. Theatre is socialised and enacted, constructed by society through its interaction with the biophysical environment in which that society develops its existence.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Preface V
  3. Contents VII
  4. Abbreviations IX
  5. List of Figures XI
  6. Introduction XIII
  7. Part I: Background, Origins, and the Lost Theatre: Cults, Contests, Institutions
  8. Dionysian Rituals in Archaic Athens: The Contribution of Images 1
  9. What Song the Kômos Sang 15
  10. Creating a Context for the Athenian Invention of Drama 43
  11. Archaeological Evidence for the Beginning of the Dionysia in Athens: The Tympanon Relief NAM 3131 57
  12. Protean Satyrs and Silens: Early Greek Satyr Play-Performances and their Adoption in Athenian Dionysian Imagery 65
  13. Dithyramb on Paros, Komoi in Athens: Insights from the Epigraphic Evidence for the Start of Choral Competitions at the Athenian Dionysia 101
  14. Part II: Dionysian Performances: The Athenian Fifth Century
  15. The Fourth Unknown: The Attic Dithyramb 137
  16. Pindar and Tragedy: A Fresh Look at Dochmiac in Choral Lyric 149
  17. Developments and Discontinuities in Tragedy Forms, 458–405 BCE 177
  18. Ancient and Modern Linguistic Approaches to the History of Attic Comedy 195
  19. Joy and Tears in Situ: The Perception of Theatre in Early Greek Sources 217
  20. Part III: Reconstruction of the Past: Post-Classical Views of the Attic Theatre
  21. On History and the History of Tragedy According to Aristotle 237
  22. Phanodemus and the Invention of the Dionysian Chorus 257
  23. Menander and the Citation of Tragedy 301
  24. Daphnis or Lityerses? Pastoral and Satyrical Rusticities 319
  25. Imagining the Origins of Drama: Greek Epigram and the Satyrs of Sikyon 335
  26. Bibliography 355
  27. List of Contributors 383
  28. Index of Names 387
  29. Index of Authors and Quoted Passages 395
  30. Index of Inscriptions 421
  31. Concordance to Vase Publications 423
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111621937-011

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Preface V
  3. Contents VII
  4. Abbreviations IX
  5. List of Figures XI
  6. Introduction XIII
  7. Part I: Background, Origins, and the Lost Theatre: Cults, Contests, Institutions
  8. Dionysian Rituals in Archaic Athens: The Contribution of Images 1
  9. What Song the Kômos Sang 15
  10. Creating a Context for the Athenian Invention of Drama 43
  11. Archaeological Evidence for the Beginning of the Dionysia in Athens: The Tympanon Relief NAM 3131 57
  12. Protean Satyrs and Silens: Early Greek Satyr Play-Performances and their Adoption in Athenian Dionysian Imagery 65
  13. Dithyramb on Paros, Komoi in Athens: Insights from the Epigraphic Evidence for the Start of Choral Competitions at the Athenian Dionysia 101
  14. Part II: Dionysian Performances: The Athenian Fifth Century
  15. The Fourth Unknown: The Attic Dithyramb 137
  16. Pindar and Tragedy: A Fresh Look at Dochmiac in Choral Lyric 149
  17. Developments and Discontinuities in Tragedy Forms, 458–405 BCE 177
  18. Ancient and Modern Linguistic Approaches to the History of Attic Comedy 195
  19. Joy and Tears in Situ: The Perception of Theatre in Early Greek Sources 217
  20. Part III: Reconstruction of the Past: Post-Classical Views of the Attic Theatre
  21. On History and the History of Tragedy According to Aristotle 237
  22. Phanodemus and the Invention of the Dionysian Chorus 257
  23. Menander and the Citation of Tragedy 301
  24. Daphnis or Lityerses? Pastoral and Satyrical Rusticities 319
  25. Imagining the Origins of Drama: Greek Epigram and the Satyrs of Sikyon 335
  26. Bibliography 355
  27. List of Contributors 383
  28. Index of Names 387
  29. Index of Authors and Quoted Passages 395
  30. Index of Inscriptions 421
  31. Concordance to Vase Publications 423
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