#Ancient Greek Theatre

[sarafangirlart]

It’s funny how falling in love with the villain is all the rage rn but then Euripides’ Andromeda is like “isn’t it hecking great when your spouse is a noble virtuous person?”.

[bee--eater]

im watching medea for school (national theatre version) and i am her no 1 fan

so she kills her kids! shes justified! also the music is amazing

[mint-wreck]

Alexa, play "No Longer You"

Animatic by yours truly An extended version will be uploaded on my YouTube channel

[escapismsworld]

The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus in Greece is a remarkable testament to ancient Greek artistic prowess and classical architecture. Built in the 4th century BCE, this meticulously designed amphitheater features exceptional acoustics, allowing even faint whispers to be heard from the highest seats. It was primarily used for Greek tragedies and comedies, highlighting the cultural significance of theater in ancient times.

📸: Dimitrios Pallis

[nice1cream]

"Polites, gear up. You and I go ahead. We will try to find a wy no one ends up dead."

"Somebody help me, come and give me the strength. Can I do whatever it takes to keep my mom safe?"

Father/son melodies matching

Imma go cry

[stanleynopines]

I’m finally done 😭 War is over

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

Besides the Illiad and the Odyssey, what other (literature? media? idk) could I read/consume to learn more about Greek mythology/Ancient Greek culture. I use theoi.com to look up specific things, but I want to get into reading the actual sources. Like I see so many excerpts or cool facts people post, and how you incorporate a lot of lesser known Greek mythology things (like your recent fic with Koios), I feel so ignorant in comparison! So please enlighten me!!

(Also I wouldn’t mind if a lot of your recs had Apollo featured in it, he’s my fav!)

heya!!!!

besides the Iliad and odyssey, I highly recommend the Homeric hymns! A lot of the gods are featured in them, especially Apollo! :D also the Theogony and Works and Days by Hesiod! Those four are the foundational texts of Greek mythology and intrinsic to learning about it <3 (I own all four :3 I am still on the Iliad though because I have been busy 😭 rip Alder)

Pseudo Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca is another good read! It compiles the majority of the known mythological world into one book! (I also have this one ;) used it for my Marsyas research :D)

after that, I also suggest Euripedes’s plays, as well as *checks spelling* Aeschylus’s!

Aeschylus’s plays are all compiled into The Oresteia, and Apollo is a prominent figure in it!

But I would also suggest reading Euripedes’s The Trojan Women with it, because Cassandra features in both and I, personally, am a sucker for her and Apollo’s tragedy ✊😔 (I also have the Oresteia hehe!)

Euripides has other good stuff too! Medea is a BANGER of a play from what I hear, and Hecuba, Alcestis, Electra, and all his other works can really help understand Greek culture by reading between the lines :3 (I do not have any of these rip)

there are so many other texts and fragments too, though! But I think these are a good springboard for diving into Greek mythology :3

I also recommend looking into Greek philosophy for understanding Ancient Greek culture. The Delphic Maxims are a good place to start, and I actually reblogged a post here with all of them listed…should be able to search ‘Delphic maxims’ to find it (hopefully, if tumblr isn’t weird).

anywho, this has been your Getting Started With Greek Mythology packet by Alder! :D

[hotdaemondtargaryen]

NEW PROJECT!

phia saban will play antigone in robert icke’s west end production of ‘oedipus’.

the west end production of ‘oedipus’ is playing at the wyndham’s theatre from 4 october 2024, running to 5 january 2025.

the production is adapted and directed by robert icke and is a modern day production set on election night, with sophocles’ epic tragedy transformed into an essential, explosive human thriller.

[allthebooksandcrannies]

Juliet Capulet: oh, swear not by the moon, the inconsistent moon

Artemis, who has not spent millennia upholding a strict vow of chastity to be slandered with this bullshit: *squawks indignantly while her huntresses desperately hold her back from throwing hands with a random mortal teenager*

[rachel-sylvan-author]

What I've been listening to on repeat!

"Epic: the Musical" by Jorge Rivera-Herrans.

The musical is based on Homer's epic, "The Odyssey."

Books that take place during his Troy Saga include "The Iliad" by Homer (translated by Emily Wilson) and "The Silence of the Girls" by Pat Barker.

His Circe Saga meets the same "Circe" explored by Madeline Miller.

Thank you @jayherrans for creating this! It makes my theatre-kid heart happy! ❤️

Question: What is your favorite Greek Myth retelling and/or What are you listening to?

[measureformeasure]

Can you recommend some of your personal favourite retellings? I'm also looking for exciting and original ones and you sound like you've done your research

hell yeah i can. here are some personal faves

Iphigenia and the Furies (on Taurian Land), Ho Ka Kei (which comes in an anthology with his antigone: 方, which is also worth reading but is also I think theatre for young audiences so it doesn't make this list on its own)

Wrath Goddess Sing, Maya Deane

The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro (warning: changes you on a chemical level)

The Nightingales in Plátres, Natalia Theodoridou (and while you're at it read his newest one, Aktis Aeliou, or The Machine of Margot's Destruction)

The Suitors of Helen, Stephen Squibb

Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward (very loosely, but it counts)

Oresteia, Robert Icke

Autobiography of Red, Anne Carson

Cassandra, Christa Wolf

Clytemnestra, Gania Barlow

Dioscuri, Dante Émile

I don't know if I can like actively recommend Caridad Svich's Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart but it is a favourite.

Extending to Ovid: The Names of Women by Natalia Theodoridou and If We Were Birds by Erin Shields (which is on the internet archive iirc)

looking for more? here's my spreadsheet. many of these i have not read or are not my favourites but you can poke around and see what strikes your fancy

[greekandmusicals]

The music genre for the Siysphus musical I’m writing

The musical numbers are sea shanty’s.

Since this is a shadow play we have a music genre that would fit with the older tale being told.

In the show, the sea shanty music is used to match the characters. The narrators are The Fates, so they have a music genre that is known for telling tales with cautionary messages. 

Also, since sea shanty's are linked to pirates, it thematically ties into the trickery of Sisyphus.

A more recent song I’m working on is adding a Hermes shanty which compliments him being the god of thievery.

Most importantly, Sea Shanty’s were working songs, which means the music style is foreshadowing King Sisyphus's fate of being cursed to do futile labor for eternity. 

[mint-wreck]

POV: You're a Lotus Eater

[archaeologs]

Parados: An entrance or exit used by actors to reach or leave an orchestra in a theater; the area between the seats and the skene. Image by Thomas G. Hines.

Learn more https://www.archaeologs.com/w/parados/

[nice1cream]

Me: *logging on to any site*

The site: Do you want us to remember your password next time?

Me: *clicking "remember me"*

REMEMBER ME, I'M THE REIGNING KING OF ITHACA-

[stanleynopines]

Ody and Hermes (Holy Moly 😨)