Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of Greece ... that construction on the theater began around the 4th century B.C.E., when ancient Lefkada was experiencing economic ...

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In the 900 years between those notable moments, Ancient Greek culture shaped contemporary poetry, democracy, philosophy, art, theater, and language. Take Greek mythology, for example: those ...

The genesis of theater, like most everything in ancient Greece, was under the auspices ... became a moment of art imitating life. “They escaped the war, and their journey became a physical ...

This post highlights historical places to visit in Athens Greece. It also provides insight into planning your itinerary for a ...

The International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama returns this summer with impressive, contemporary renditions of ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The Greeks had style! Their red and black pottery was very famous. They were great builders too. The Greeks built ...

Travel back a couple thousands of centuries earlier to ancient ... of Greek theater was on the decline. A more conservative social and political period elicited a widespread change to the art ...

Cecilie Brøns, a senior researcher and curator of the Glyptoteket museum's collection of ancient Greek and Roman art in Copenhagen ... the Greek god of wine and theater. There were also animal ...

From the grand stages of ancient Greece to the bustling theaters ... and awards related to theater, illustrating the art form’s capacity to capture both the lighthearted and the profound aspects ...

History buffs will want to visit this ancient Greek theater, overlooking the Ionian Sea. Built in the third century B.C., the theater could hold thousands of people attending ancient Greek ...