and reduced the chorus from 50 to 12. His play 'The Persians', first performed in 472 BC, is the oldest surviving of all Greek plays. His pupil, Sophocles went on to add a third actor, while ...

Three different designs of ancient Greek columns. The Greeks believed that the secret ... wigs and padded costumes. The chorus, standing below the stage, told the audience what was going on ...

Take Greek mythology, for example: those stories are timeless because we constantly refer to myths and stories of Ancient Greece to make sense of contemporary events. From Fate & Fabled ...