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Images. At the start, the theaters were in open areas located in the center of the city or next to hillsides. Tragedies and comedies viewed by many, in the city of athens and the rest of greece.
Sophocles is credited with introducing the third actor, furthering the trend of. Modern drama can be traced back to greece in the 6th century bc. Roman theaters, although heavily influenced by the greeks, have specific differences, such as being built scattered around the mediterranean lie the remains of the ancient theaters of the greek and roman world.
We can incorporate theatrical traditions from times past and artists past in order to enhance our art production.
In ancient greece, all of the cities and most of the large towns had at least one theatre. And satires poked fun at real people and events. Comedies always had a happy ending. The theater of dionysus, athens (saskia, ltd.) this page is designed to provide a brief introduction to ancient greek theater, and to provide tools for further research.