Wylie.p6.t7.Greek/Roman

 During Ancient Greek times, theatre was a place where people gathered around and watched plays played by actors.  The theatre not only interplayed religion and science but also the aesthetics of the society. Religion played a big part in theatre. For example, the classic plot structure of the Oedipus Trilogy (assuming they are all bundled up together as one text), referred to the many Greek gods and goddesses that interfered with Oedipus. Religion in ancient Greek was mostly polytheistic where they worshipped more than one God.  They worshipped a god for various categories such as Athena for wisdom,  Aphrodite for love and Zeus for the king of the gods.  In Oedipus, Sophocles plays with the instincts of a human being, leaving his audience to believe that we are all inevitable to wish to kill our fathers and marry our mothers (or vice versa, of course). 

 

Not only did theatre connect legos with religion, but also science and the aesthetics of society. Through the aesthetics of society, theatre created a social gathering for Greek citizens to come together and enjoy a performance. As for science, theatre conveyed ideas that came through Plato and Aristotle. Plato was a man who focused mainly on the supra-material world rather than directing observing nature and deducing facts like Aristotle did. But, after gathering up all the facts, the Greek era was mostly seen through the eyes of philosophy. In many situations, the two great philosophers counter point each other in theories that were accepted in today’s society. 

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