ANCIENT GREECE: ENTERTAINMENT

ANCIENT GREECE: ENTERTAINMENT

The Greek entertainment was represented by the culture and sports, you know, Greece it’s the Olympic Games cradle and the place of one of the most representative Athenian productions: the Theatre.

What did Athenians look for in the theatre? They loved theatre and they was involved in this through some festivals and representative stores for both earn money and make happy the audience, they inherit from classical Greece including Tragedy and Comedy.

The wardrobe for the presentations was really elaborated, why? The actors had to dress special masks for trying to look like the mythology’s gods; they added painted backdrops and elaborate costumes. But that’s not all, they had to practice a lot for the presentation, they studied the character, moves and facial expressions, they developed plotting and characterization.

About the topic of performance, it generally was the comedy based on politics figures and important people.

What can we say about sports? They see the Olympic Games like a religious festival in honor to Zeus, so seriously and with a little bit of events, selected sports and selected players. The games were held every fur years like now, with different intentions; today we see the Olympic Games just for enjoying and somebody used it to earn money and forget the real sense of the games: unite everybody and remember their god.

The music it’s really fun, I attached a little piece of Greek music; you can listen instrumental music, they are so good for acoustic performance and skillful with the guitar; I related that with Andean music in Colombia. Also, you can listen a little performance abut mythology and ancient Greek gods, enjoy it!!!

Source: http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/

By FELIPE DOBLADO M.