Greek Theatre

What was the role of the theatre as an Athenian social institution? How did it attempt to reflect and direct the audience’s sense of identity and community? In Greece, places of performance were usually connected with the sacred precincts of the god’s . Greeks honoured each of their god’s through annual festivals. In Athens four festivals were held each year in honour of Dionysus, it was during one of these festivals which was …

…to always make distinctions between the rightness and wrongness of an action. Theatre itself reflected a lot about community , and religion in many ways. Although there are many unresolved question about theatre in the fifth century, we can be reasonably sure that it was vigorous institution, in high repute with the general public and with the religious authorities. Drama was the most prized form of literature and the theatre the most popular of the arts.