Was Attic Tragedy Democratic

This article begins with a detailed response to simon goldhill s paper in the journal of hellenic studies 107 1987 on the civic ideology.

Was attic tragedy democratic.

Classical tragedy at times though not always addressed explicitly political topics such as the rule of law in the oresteia trilogy and the conflict between religious obligations and the authority of the polis in the antigone. 2004 was attic tragedy democratic. Each tragedy was part of a competitive festival to be judged by a panel of citizens following democratic procedures. This article begins with a detailed response to simon goldhill s paper in the journal of hellenic studies 107 1987 on the civic ideology surrounding attic tragedy his view that the dionysia was a festival promoting the values of the democratic polis requires substantial qualification i then suggest my own interpretation of the evidence goldhill cites for ceremonies at the dionysia.

1985 die zahl der griechischen staaten und arealgröße und bürgerzahl der normalpolis zpe 59 253 63. Phrynichos s capture of miletos and the politics of fear in early attic tragedy philologus 137 159 96. And khoregia theoric fiund running the theatre eponymous archon top man in the polis chooses three playrights whose tragedies will be performed chooses khoregoi competition between tragedians judged by the jury of ten one from each tribe chosen. The question of the status and function of the chorus is interestingly discussed by j.

Attic tragedy and the city dionysia may be seen as a site of negotiation between rival democratic and aristocratic ideologies within the polis wherein a kind of solidarity without consensus. Greek tragedy is a form of theatre from ancient greece and anatolia it reached its most significant form in athens in the 5th century bc the works of which are sometimes called attic tragedy greek tragedy is widely believed to be an extension of the ancient rites carried out in honor of dionysus and it heavily influenced the theatre of ancient rome and the renaissance. In his contribution greek tragedy and attic oratory andreas markantonatos writes pp. 217ff 244ff gould points out that choruses often exotic in personnel and always excluded from authority and action could not be felt as standing for the authority of the democratic polis.

Attic tragedy tragedy in the polis central activity in democratic life festival context state involvement in organisation liturgies. 12 ethical i think rather than political. It has already become the communis opinio that in the fifth century bce there was a mutually beneficent cross fertilization between the rhetorical energy of greek tragedy and the declamatory dynamism of the athenian democratic regime. Goldhill in silk tragedy and the tragic pp.