Ancient Greece's Impact On Everyday Life

Have you ever asked yourself how the legacy of the ancient Greece has an impact on your life? Or how it has to do with your everyday life? Or maybe it relates to your culture? Most people do not recognize the impact. These couple of weeks I have done research on ancient Greece and I have realized it has an impact on my everyday lifestyle. One of the most important impacts Ancient Greece has brought to the people is democracy. That may seem a little odd right? Let me explain now many of you may know the word democracy comes from two greek words “demos” meaning the people, and “kratia” meaning power of authority. Democracy is so important because it provides a form of government that gives power to the people. With that being said, it allows

To start off, theatre was first started by holding festivals that honor their gods. Athens was the place that mainly held all the little festivals. Earlier festivals had the actors, directors, and dramatists all as the same person. A little later, a few non-speaking parts in the festival were allowed. Also since there weren’t many actors, the chorus was a huge part of the theatre. There were 3 main categories. The first was tragedies, the second was comedies, and the third was satyr. They treated tragedy and comedy is two way different genres. The satyr plays were out of comic manner. Thespis is basically considered the first ever “Greek actor.” Also he was the originator of tragedy. It has been said that Aristotle 's Poetics have the earliest known theory about the origins of Greek theatre. When it comes to comedy plays, Aristophanes had written a lot of the plays itself. There was one about a woman who leads a female coalition that had ended the war in Greece. Where the plays were held at was called theatrons. They were these large open buildings that had 3 places for the orchestra, skene, and the audience. The orchestra was a big circular center area where the play, dance, religious rites, and all of the acting had took place at. Now the skene was a large rectangular building that was located behind the orchestra, and it was used as a backstage. Actors could change their costumes and masks. Earlier the skene was a tent or hut, but then later it became a permanent stone structure. These structures were sometimes painted to serve as backdrops. Rising from the circle of the orchestra was the audience. The theatres were originally built on a very large scale to accommodate the large number of people on stage, as well as the large number of people in the audience, up to fourteen thousand. The costumes and mask of that the actors had worn was made out of linen and sometimes cork. The masks facial expressions