1. The Drama Times Sunday, March 20, 468
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Reviews The Oracle
Plays Victory! Allyson Behrens
Each week the Oracle
Our critic attends the
selects three lucky
new comedy “The
individuals to receive a
Knights” from playwright
glimpse into their future.
Aristophanes and shares
This week, in honor of
his honest opinion.
Continued 3A our new theater, the
oracle has selected
Theater Sophocles, Aeschylus,
Our theater critic Jackie and Euripides. Only the
Leary Oracle can foresee what
analyzes the Theater of We have beaten Xerxes and his
Dionysus. Persian army. Outnumbered, our the future holds for these
young gentlemen.
Continued 6A Greek fleet used great cunning
Interview
Continued 4A
and smart strategies to fool the Virginie Yang
Entertainment Persians, allowing for our victory. We talk to Sophocles
7A Our great Father of Drama, about his new trilogy,
Comics and games Aeschylus, shares his Oedipus and his future

2. Victory! ctnd. 2A
Aeschylus shares his experience of the battle with us in a poem:
The night was passing, and the Grecian host At first the current of the Persian host
By no means sought to issue forth unseen. Withstood; but when within the strait the
But when indeed the day with her white throng
steeds Of ships was gathered, and they could
Held all the earth, resplendent to behold, not aid
First from the Greeks the loud-resounding Each other, but by their own brazen bows
din Were struck, they shattered all our naval
Of song triumphant came; and shrill at once host.
Echo responded from the island rock. The Grecian vessels not unskillfully
Then upon all barbarians terror fell, Were smiting round about; the hulls of
Thus disappointed; for not as for flight ships
The Hellenes sang the holy pæan then, Were overset; the sea was hid from
But setting forth to battle valiantly. sight,
The bugle with its note inflamed them all; Covered with wreckage and the death of
And straightway with the dip of plashing oars men;
They smote the deep sea water at Aeschylus fought in both the The reefs and headlands were with
command, Battle of Marathon and Salamis corpses filled,
And quickly all were plainly to be seen. And in disordered flight each ship was
Their right wing first in orderly array rowed,
Led on, and second all the armament As many as were of the Persian host.
Followed them forth; and meanwhile there But they, like tunnies or some shoal of
was heard fish,
A mighty shout: “Come, O ye sons of With broken oars and fragments of the
Greeks, wrecks
At once ship smote on ship with The Persian Invasions have influenced much of
Make free your country, make your children Struck us and clove us; and at once a cry
free, beak;
brazen Of lamentation filled the briny sea,
Your wives, the Greeksof your the
A vessel of and fanes began ancestral Aeschylus' writings and rumor has it that the Battle
Till the black darkness‟ eye did rescue
gods, us.
attack,
And your the stem of a For all we now
Crushing sires‟ tombs! Phoenician
of Salamis and Xerxes will make appearances in
The number of our griefs, not though ten

3. 3A
A Knight of
Greg Barnes
Laughter
Aristophanes‟ comedy “The Knights” is currently showing
at the theatre in Athens. In this writer‟s opinion it is well
worth it just to hear the playwright‟s response to Cleon‟s
disapproval. The play clearly labels the aforementioned
demagogue as an inequitable and cajoling public figure.
Starting with the characters of Demosthenes and Nicias
to the Knights played by the Chorus every character has
multiple lines laced with funny. The humor is subtle at
times and juvenile at others. The comedic performance
centers on the struggle between Cleon and Agoracritus
to determine who will be the steward of Demos. Asparts in the play. The masks they use
speaking is
customary three actors play all of the main disguise and the skene are beautifully
for
rendered. The actors play their parts well,
specifically the sections where Cleon and
Agoracritus resort to childish yelling at one
another. It grows louder and louder before
terminating in nearly incoherent streams of
insults. This play is definitely worth risking the
offense it might cause the powerful men of
Athens. With this offering Aristophanes has

4. Oracle ctd. 4A
Sophocles
You will marry twice throughout
your life and will father two sons.
You will win first place in the
Aeschylus Dionysian competition of Athens
Throughout your life you will write twenty times. Of the times you do
approximately ninety plays. Only seven will not win you will never receive
survive over time. In 1990 AD, lower than second place. You will
approximately 2000 years after it had not only be known as an Euripides
initially been lost, your play, Achilles, will be accomplished playwright but you It is sad to say that you will not
discovered in Egypt among the remains of will also serve in the military and in be appreciated for your
an ancient mummy. You will spend much of government. You will pass away at accomplishment until long after
your life fighting the war against the nearly one hundred years old in your death in 406 BC. At the
Persians. You will write a play about the war the year 405 BC. Before your Dionysian competitions, you will
which will become an important tool in the
death you will have written over win the fewest prizes of all the
understanding of this time in Greek history.
one hundred plays, many of which tragedians. Throughout the
Your life will end abruptly in Gela in the year
456 BC when a turtle is dropped on your will be lost over time. Seven of course of your life you will write
head by a Lammergeyer. Gela will create a your plays will survive, including over ninety plays. You will have
monument in your honor. Before your death Oedipus the King which will remain the largest number of complete
you will personally create the inscription for the most well known of all the plays to survive with a total of
your gravestone. It will bear no mention of Greek tragedies. (Scribd) eighteen and fragments of a
your accomplishments as a writer but nineteenth. Your play Cyclops
instead focus on your accomplishments in will be the only complete satyr
the military. The inscription will read "This play to survive. You will be
gravestone covers Aeschylus, son of remembered as the most
Euphorion, from Athens, who died in fertile intellectual poet of your time
Gela. The field of Marathon will speak of his
and called the philosopher of

5. INTERVIEW WITH SOPHOCLES 5A
Sophocles born in 495 B.C. in Colonus is one of the greatest playwrights of the golden age of Greek Drama. He is son of a wealthy
merchant and enjoys all the comforts of a thriving Greek empire. He studied all of the arts. At age twenty-eight with his studies
complete, he was ready to compete in the City Dionysia where a festival is held every year at the Theatre of Dionysus in which new
plays are presented. He is here with us today:
Virginie: “Why did you decide to give up acting in your own plays?”
Sophocles: “Well, in my first competition, in 468 B.C. I took first prize defeating none other than Aeschylus himself. As an accomplished actor, I
thought I act in many more of my own plays. However, my voice was comparatively weak, and eventually I gave up acting career to pursue other
ventures, which bring me to the Oedipus Trilogy.”
Virginie: “Why is the play “Oedipus Trilogy” written in three sections?”
Sophocles: “The Oedipus Trilogy is a novel that deals with destiny and fate. The spectators are shown a series of events plotted out from which
Oedipus one of the main character cannot escape. At the beginning of the play, we must remember our Greek society is based around myths and
legends.. We have a series of gods and muses and fates to explain why things happen. That is the reason why the play has three sections.
Virginie: “So can you tell us what the Oedipus Trilogy is about?”
Sophocles: “Sure. “Antigone” is written first in 442 B.C. and is actually the ending of the Trilogy. The play that wraps together the final events of
these characters‟ sad lives begins in Thebes. After her father‟s death, Antigone has returned to the royal palace where she was raised. Her two
brothers Eteocles and Polynices are killed each other in war, as foretold by their father. The new king, Creon, gives an honorable burial to one of
his nephews, Eteocles, but there is no such mercy for Polynices. Declaring him a traitor, Creon forbids burial of his corpse and promises death to
anyone who disobeys this order. Antigone disobey and bury her brother which trigger the drama. I will let you read it. Next I wrote “Oedipus the
King” in 441 B.C., which is the story of a child Oedipus born to the royal couple, Laius and Jocasta. The old king is warned that his son will kill
him. In order to avoid fate, they abandon the infant, on the mountainside. Rescued by the shepherd he is delivered to the royal palace at Corinth
by a Messenger. Oedipus is raised as the son of the royal house. Life there is good, until Oedipus learns that a prophecy has chosen him as the
murderer of his father and the husband of his mother. Hoping to avoid his fate, he leaves the palace. Soon, the wandering Oedipus meets and
kills a stranger at a crossroads, and part of the oracle‟s prophecy is fulfilled. He doesn‟t know, but the murdered stranger is Laius, his real father.
Continuing his journey, Oedipus enters Thebes—his forgotten first home—as a hero, being the only one to have solved the riddle of the
murderous Sphinx. Oedipus‟ reward for solving the riddle is marriage to Jocasta, the Queen of Thebes and widow of Laius. Jocasta doesn‟t
recognize Oedipus as her son, and this ill-fated marriage goes forward. Jocasta figures out the secret and kills herself. When he discovers her
body, Oedipus puts out his own eyes. The play closes with Oedipus mourning the destruction of his family, apologizing to his daughters, and
begging Creon, the new king and Jocasta‟s brother, for banishment. His wish is granted. The girls become their Uncle Creon‟s wards, but their ill-
fated brothers are left to look out for themselves. The final play written in 406 B.C. “”, which features the blind former king as a shattered old man.
His daughter, Antigone, is his loyal companion. Wandering together, they come upon a sacred grove that is protected by the Furies, who are also
known as the Eumenides—the protectors of Athens. When he discovers where he is, Oedipus realizes that the last piece of the prophecy
foretelling his life is about to be fulfilled. If he is granted shelter there and dies on Athenian soil, his body will draw the blood of the invading force
of Thebes. Back home in Thebes, his two sons are fighting over the throne Oedipus abandoned, and Polynices comes to him seeking help.

6. Theater of 6A
Amechon Blackwell
Dionysus There are four major components of the Theater.
Orchestra: „dancing space‟- The chorus uses this
space to dance, sing, and interact with the actors
who were on the stage near the skene.
Theatron: „viewing place‟- Is where the spectators
will be seen sitting viewing the play.
Skene: „tent‟- This area is directly behind the stage
and has access to the roof. The tent is where actors
enter and exit. The actors also use the
It was here in Athens in 340 BC the world‟s passageways to enter and exit the theater.
first theater built of stone and the birthplace Parodos: „passageways‟-This area of the theater is
of Greek tragedy was built. The Theater of used for entrance and exits after plays for the
Dionysus was originally a place to honor the audience.•
god Dionysus. The Theater of Dionysus is an
outside theater that seats 17,000 spectators
having nearly 300,000 show up to see a play.
The plays are performed in the daytime, with
a chorus that includes three actors, who
wear mask that have exaggerated facial
expressions. Plays by great playwrights such
as Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and
Aristophanes will be performed at this

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10. Interesting Websites
Interview
http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-trilogy/introduction
Theater Review
http://www.grisel.net/dionysus.htm
http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110tech/theater.html
http://www.greece-athens.com/page.php?page_id=246
Oracle
http://www.scribd.com/full/49442208?access_key=key-1xsc7q2n7uqsdtj5mztp
http://www.crystalinks.com/aeschylus.html
http://www.enotes.com/authors/euripides
Play Review
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/angk/hd_angk.htm
http://historyofsandals.blogspot.com/2010/12/krepis-crepida.html
Games
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/
Fun Puzzle created by Allyson: http://two.flash-
gear.com/npuz/puz.php?c=v&id=2817544&k=76490213
Comics
http://www.cartoonstock.com