The Greek tragedy is such a vast thing to go over that it is almost impossible. It has had
immense influence in the structure of almost all of our literature and art today. It was a theatrical
culture that flourished between c. 550 and c. 22 BCE in ancient Greece and was a part of a festival
called the Dionysia, honoring the god Dionysus. (Rose 5)
Ancient Greek drama comprises three principal genres: tragedy, satyr-drama and
comedy. (Sommerstein 1)
As talked about in Greek Drama and Dramatists the Greek tragedy is divided into these three
genres, although two more forms are known to have existed although there are no complete texts
known to have survived. The theatre was an important factor in the life of the citizen of modern
Athens and it was a mass social phenomenon, considered too important to be left solely to theatrical
specialists or even confined to the theaters. (Easterling Ch1) When thinking of this in modern
terms it is important to notice that the theaters today are divided into the classic theater and
the movie theater but none the less they are important in most cultures and is still a mass social
phenomenon. The Hellenistic culture was embedded with the use of tragedy in the theatre, politics
and its teachings (Easterling 3) and it is evident in the teachings of most countries today,
Homer and his teachings are at least very obvious in the Icelandic Curriculum. This influence is
also apparent in films today, since the beginning of the movie making the Greek gods and texts
have been a popular subject, resulting in an array of different films as well as theater works. The
flourish of the Greek tragedy was haltered around 240 when the last “highest ranking dramatist”
Philemon died at the age of 99 but from the mid third century BC, drama again gained popularity
and became a cultural treasure for educated Greeks who used it as a nostalgic recreation of the
past. (Sommerstein 3) Not only watched in the theatre but also read as texts in books, it was revived
through intense scholarly research and again by the popularity with the
“masses.”(Sommerstein) The Greek tragedy and its popularity is important to The Odyssey and
The Iliad because it has kept these stories alive. If tragedy had not received so much popularity
and been used so widely it might not have spread to other countries and cultures and not influenced
as many other writers or scholars. At least not as easily and soon as when aided by the
popularity of the drama. Without this popularity it might have cut of an important cultural heri-
tage that is a part of the teachings of so many nations today but then again like talked about in
the book Homer and the Heroic Age, the popularity of the Greek tragedy might not have reached
such heights where it not for these two major epics. Throughout all turmoil the Greeks maintained
their language and art, never giving it up or the tradition of practicing heroic songs. Because
of that they kept up their heritage and ensured that legends from the Bronze Age was
handed down to the next generation. (J.V.Luce 12) The Greek tragedy and The Odyssey and The
Iliad are closely bound together because the earliest Greek legends are contained in this poetry
by Homer. An interesting point in Homer and the Heroic Age is also the distinction made between
legends and folk-tales:
Myths are the primitive equivalent of science in so far as they attempt to provide an
explanation of the origin and ordering of the world. Folk-tales are the primitive
equivalent of plays or films in so far as their function is to provide entertainment by
amusing, clever or fantastic stories. (J.V.Luce 12)
So what better way to show the combination of legend and folk-tales than in James Joyce’s Ulysses,
that is, how to combine the future and the past in such a controversially intriguing story, an
old legend and a new version mixed together to create a new story. Just like the movies of today
are doing all the time, combining the past, the present and the future
The Greek tragedy is such a vast thing to go over that it is almost impossible. It has hadimmense influence in the structure of almost all of our literature and art today. It was a theatricalculture that flourished between c. 550 and c. 22 BCE in ancient Greece and was a part of a festivalcalled the Dionysia, honoring the god Dionysus. (Rose 5)Ancient Greek drama comprises three principal genres: tragedy, satyr-drama andcomedy. (Sommerstein 1)As talked about in Greek Drama and Dramatists the Greek tragedy is divided into these threegenres, although two more forms are known to have existed although there are no complete textsknown to have survived. The theatre was an important factor in the life of the citizen of modernAthens and it was a mass social phenomenon, considered too important to be left solely to theatricalspecialists or even confined to the theaters. (Easterling Ch1) When thinking of this in modernterms it is important to notice that the theaters today are divided into the classic theater andthe movie theater but none the less they are important in most cultures and is still a mass socialphenomenon. The Hellenistic culture was embedded with the use of tragedy in the theatre, politicsand its teachings (Easterling 3) and it is evident in the teachings of most countries today,Homer and his teachings are at least very obvious in the Icelandic Curriculum. This influence isalso apparent in films today, since the beginning of the movie making the Greek gods and textshave been a popular subject, resulting in an array of different films as well as theater works. Theflourish of the Greek tragedy was haltered around 240 when the last “highest ranking dramatist”Philemon died at the age of 99 but from the mid third century BC, drama again gained popularityand became a cultural treasure for educated Greeks who used it as a nostalgic recreation of thepast. (Sommerstein 3) Not only watched in the theatre but also read as texts in books, it was revivedthrough intense scholarly research and again by the popularity with the“masses.”(Sommerstein) The Greek tragedy and its popularity is important to The Odyssey andThe Iliad because it has kept these stories alive. If tragedy had not received so much popularityand been used so widely it might not have spread to other countries and cultures and not influencedas many other writers or scholars. At least not as easily and soon as when aided by thepopularity of the drama. Without this popularity it might have cut of an important cultural heri-tage that is a part of the teachings of so many nations today but then again like talked about inthe book Homer and the Heroic Age, the popularity of the Greek tragedy might not have reachedsuch heights where it not for these two major epics. Throughout all turmoil the Greeks maintainedtheir language and art, never giving it up or the tradition of practicing heroic songs. Because
of that they kept up their heritage and ensured that legends from the Bronze Age was
handed down to the next generation. (J.V.Luce 12) The Greek tragedy and The Odyssey and The
Iliad are closely bound together because the earliest Greek legends are contained in this poetry
by Homer. An interesting point in Homer and the Heroic Age is also the distinction made between
legends and folk-tales:
Myths are the primitive equivalent of science in so far as they attempt to provide an
explanation of the origin and ordering of the world. Folk-tales are the primitive
equivalent of plays or films in so far as their function is to provide entertainment by
amusing, clever or fantastic stories. (J.V.Luce 12)
So what better way to show the combination of legend and folk-tales than in James Joyce’s Ulysses,
that is, how to combine the future and the past in such a controversially intriguing story, an
old legend and a new version mixed together to create a new story. Just like the movies of today
are doing all the time, combining the past, the present and the future
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