Greek tragedy

Greek tragedy is a form of theatre from Ancient Greece and Asia Minor. It reached its most significant form in Athens in the 5th century BC, the works of which are sometimes called Attic tragedy. Greek tragedy is an extension of the ancient rites carried out in honor of Dionysus, and it heavily influenced the theatre of Ancient Rome and the Renaissance. Tragic plots were most often based upon myths from the oral traditions of archaic epics. In tragic theatre, however, these narratives were presented by actors. The most acclaimed Greek tragedians are Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.

Etymology

Aristotelian hypothesis

The origin of the word tragedy has been a matter of discussion from ancient times. Our primary source of knowledge on the question is the Poetics of Aristotle. Aristotle was able to gather first-hand documentation from theater performance in Attica, which is inaccessible to scholars today. His work is therefore invaluable for the study of ancient tragedy, even if his testimony is open to doubt on some points.

Greek Tragedy (play)

Greek Tragedy is a 1989 play by British playwright Mike Leigh.The play was originally presented at Company B Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney Australia. It was devised by Mike Leigh with six Australian actors who were chosen after extensive auditions. The actors were Zoe Carides, Khristina Totos, Adam Hatz, George Spartels, Evodkia Katahanas and Nicholas Papademetriou. The production was a landmark production for Company B as it is the only play to be devised by Mike Leigh in Australia. It was one of the biggest successes of the theatre year and was subsequently invited to do seasons at the Edinburgh Festival and London's Theatre Royal Stratford East in 1990. In 2002 the play was remounted by TheatronGroup with some of the original cast in the Downstairs Theatre of Belvoir Street Theatre. The play runs for one hour and twenty minutes without an interval and concerns the troubled relationship of a Greek couple Alex and Calliope..

Greek Tragedy (song)

"Greek Tragedy" is a song from indie rock band The Wombats. The track was released in the United Kingdom on 14 January 2015 as the lead single—in the form of an instant great—from the band's third studio album, Glitterbug (2015). "Greek Tragedy" was written by band members Murphy, Haggis and Øverland Knudsen and was co-produced by Mark Crew (Bastille). The track received its premiere on BBC Radio 1 when it featured as Zane Lowe's Hottest Record in the World on 14 January. An official remix of the track—from British band Bastille—was released on 27 January 2015.

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Charts

Chart performance

For the chart week dated 28 January 2015, "Greek Tragedy" debuted at number sixty-one on the ARIA Singles Chart; marking the band's first chart appearance since "Techno Fan" (#54, 2011),

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