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Classical Greek Drama Background Information. Four Reasons for Theater Entertainment Religion Displaying loyalty to your city-state Honoring local heroes.

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1 Classical Greek Drama Background Information

2 Four Reasons for Theater Entertainment Religion Displaying loyalty to your city-state Honoring local heroes

3 Origins Over the centuries, harvest dances developed into the dithyramb (dith-uh- ramb), a religious ritual performed by a chorus of men wearing masks.

4 The Theaters The first theaters were just hillsides with a few wooden benches for the important spectators. Then the circular dancing area, called the orchestra, was paved with stones. The skene (skee-knee), a rectangular building made of wood, provided changing rooms for actors and prop storage. Banks would shut down for days, people would travel from all around to see the drama competitions—even prisoners were temporarily released to see the plays

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