Book contents
- Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily
- Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Foreword
- Note to the Reader
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Out of the Shadows
- 3 Cult and Circumstance
- 4 Politics and Propaganda
- 5 Taking Theater Home
- 6 Drama in Public
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index locorum
- General Index
5 - Taking Theater Home
Images of Comedy and Tragedy on Vases
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2021
- Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily
- Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Foreword
- Note to the Reader
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Out of the Shadows
- 3 Cult and Circumstance
- 4 Politics and Propaganda
- 5 Taking Theater Home
- 6 Drama in Public
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index locorum
- General Index
Summary
Although the first 100 years of the history of theater in Sicily can be roughly sketched by following scattered references in texts and piecemeal archaeological clues, as I have tried to do in the first four chapters of this book, the most important and well-known pieces of evidence for Sicilian theater, and perhaps for much of early Greek theater in general, come from the fourth century. It was at this juncture of the classical and Hellenistic periods that both theaters and theatrical vases began to be produced in great number.
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- Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily , pp. 107 - 159Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021