Dionysus and the beginning of Greek Theatre

Episode 2

An overview of the history of Greece to the 5th Century BCE including Minoan and Mycenaean periods, the Greek dark age and the rise of the city state.

The development of the religious festivals and their main features

An overview of the main playwrights and their plays:

Aeschylus

Sophocles

Euripides

Aristophanes

Menander