The Theatre

• Drama – from the Greek word: drama which means ‘action’
• Theatre – from the Greek word theasthai referring to a place to behold
• Tragedy – from the Greek word tragodia meaning ‘a serious drama with an unfortunate or sad ending’
• Monologue – from the Greek words monos meaning ‘alone’ and the word logos meaning ‘speech or word’

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Pronouncing Ancient Greek

• Overview. Some 11 or 12 million people speak modern Greek (roughly twice the number who speak Norwegian or Mayan).
• Consonants. Like English (but unlike most languages), Greek had a TH sound. ...
• Vowels. Greeks had two letters transcribed in English with the letter E. ...
• Stress. ...
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• The Persians ( Πέρσαι / Persai ), 472 BC;
• Seven Against Thebes ( Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας / Hepta epi Thebas ), 467 BC;
• Suppliants ( Ἱκέτιδες / Hiketides ), probably 463 BC;
• The trilogy Oresteia ( Ὀρέστεια / Oresteia ), 458 BC, consisting of: Agamemnon ( Ἀγαμέμνων / Agamemnon ); Choephoroi ( Χοηφόροι / Choefοroi ); Furies ( Εὐμενίδες / Eumenides );

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