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Drama and the Polis | English Drama

 Drama and The Polis Greek drama festival has normally been perceived serving a religious purpose of honouring gods, but its political positioning is equally important. This is partially because of the reason that Greeks were keen participants of religious festivals. They used to attend these festivals with natural fervor as a public obligation. When these festivals involved the wider Greek community. Then arose the possibility of serving some political end too by offering some benefits to the polis. Much of the modern scholarship is focused on exploring this aspect of Greek drama. Polis Polis is a Greek term from which we have derived English terms political and politics. When we claim that a certain cultural product assists some political purposes. Then we tend to develop a relationship between cultural product and the politics of the society where it is produced. Thus, exploring political factor of Greek drama would certainly entail its role in Athenian laws and politics,...