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  Greek Drama, Representative Writers Greekdrama , even after the centuries of its creation, still holds relevant for the modern audience for its situations and universal themes, lyrical diction, and intricate plots. Greek drama created an entirely new form of art. Greekliterary artists continue to influence modern psychologists, philosophers, writers and thinkers in diverse fields.   Greek drama witnessed numerous artists of varied literary merit and some of the most prominent and chief representative figures are as under: Aeschylus (525-456 BC) Aeschylus was born in about 525 BC. He is earliest of the best known ancient Greek tragic dramatists. Aeschylus was very skillful at handling trilogy which refers to a group of three plays written to be performed successively by following sequential development of the story. He raised up the dramatic presentation from a choral performance to a work of art. He significantly contributed towards the perfection of tragic form. ...

 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,...

The Dramatic Festival of Dionysos At Athens, the god Dionysos was honored through dramatic festivals. He was one of the most renowned of Greek gods. He was the god of fertility, religious and wine activity. He was a prevalent figure in Greek mythology. He was often referred to as Eleutherios meaning ‘the liberator’ because his music, wine and ecstatic dance freed his followers from self-consciousness and societal constraints. The dramatic festivals organized as a worship of god Dionysos performed dual functions of not only honoring him but also state supported events to develop communal life of the city. It is not surprising to find out that these preparations and arrangements were made by the tyrants to create, strengthen and promote the sense of national unity as well as cultural identity of the citizens. Dramatic Performances of Festival These festivals were splendid in their vigour and vitality making Athens the most n...