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Alex: It's Greek to Me!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through this lesson, students will research Greek theatre by looking at ancient Greek fairy tales and children's stories. Students will create their own fairytale using Moviemaker software.
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New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Ancient Greek Theatre

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Ancient Greek Theatre.
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Ancient Greek Theatre: Sophocles

For Students 9th - 10th
A personal site on Greek theatre with a brief biography of Sophocles, along with a short list of his works and summaries of each.
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Ancient Greek Theatre: Machines

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of three various machines used in ancient Greek theatre. Includes sketches and brief descriptions.
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The Ancient Theatre Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictoral tour of ancient Greek and Roman theaters. Click on particular countries on the map of Europe to zoom into them. Then click on particular cities for pictures and brief descriptions of theaters within them.
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Bernard Suzanne: Athens Map in Socrates and Plato's Time

For Students 9th - 10th
This interesting site starts out with a map of the Agora of Acropolis. By clicking on various locations of the map, you are linked to more detailed descriptions. Scroll down below the map for an alphabetical listing of different Greek...
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: City Dionysia: The Ancient Roots of Modern Theater

For Students 9th - 10th
Media-rich site explains the development of theater practice in ancient Greece and compares Greek dramatic forms and purposes with contemporary theater practices. Learners can then write and stage their own original plays to demonstrate...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Tragedy

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia entry from Wikipedia about tragedies discusses its Greek origins; the typical characteristics of a tragedy; and lists some examples of ancient Greek, Roman, English, and modern-day writers of tragedies.
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City Dionysia: Satyr Plays

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger, general site about Greek drama. This section offers information about Satyr Plays, part of the four-part tragedy cycle of Dionysian play competitions.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: The Heracleidae by Euripides

For Students 9th - 10th
The whole play is available here from MIT's Internet Classic Archive.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: Orestes by Euirpides

For Students 9th - 10th
The Internet Classics Archive offers this full text version this story of revenge and the triumph of reason.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: The Persians by Aeschylus

For Students 9th - 10th
This MIT Internet Classics Archives page is a translation of "The Persians" in an easy-to-read format, maintaining the verse format of the original.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: The Trojan Women

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by the Internet Classics Archive. Read the play, "The Trojan Women" in English, plus read and/or add comments, download the play, check out related websites, or recommend a related website.
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The Theater at Delphi, View From Above

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice view of the Theatre at Delphi is provided here.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: Agamemnon, by Aeschylus

For Students 9th - 10th
Aeschylus' famous play, Agamemnon, was written in 458 BCE. The full text available here provides an important perspective on the figure of Agmamemnon in ancient Greek culture.
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Theatron: Computer Theater Reconstructions

For Students 9th - 10th
Theaters from ancient times are recreated using computer graphics. Photos of remaining theaters are provided.
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New York University

Time Space in Classical Greece: The Poetics

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the beginnings of tragedy and the six necessary components of tragedy. Includes Aristotle's thoughts on tragedies.
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Theatron: The Theater of Dionysus

For Students 9th - 10th
Information and recreated models of the Theater of Dionysus, showing its architectural evolution and transformation over time, from the fifth century B.C. through the Roman imperial period.

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