Why do you think it was so important to worship the dead heroes, and make sure they were enjoying their after life during the Greek religious festivals in fifth century B.C.E. ?

If public life in fifth-century Athens was organized around elaborate festivals that helped maintain social and political cohesion, why were the dramas developed for the annual festival of Dionysus ones that presented and provoked social issues?

It is interesting to learn about the Greeks and their rituals. Technology today is far more advanced compared to ancient Greek, how did they advertise and have such a huge rally of people for the festivals they hold for honoring the dead?

I also thought this link would interest some of you.

After reading Contrabrand I started to compare society back then to society today. My question is, even if people change and become more liberal will the culture behind there existence be affected in anyway? It makes you wonder what is going on in history and in present day society.

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How did the absence of social media affect the number of people who used to attend the theater in older times?

In the article “Contraband” it is mentioned a couple times that the actors tried very hard to become unrecognizable, in order to avoid being shamed outside of their performances. This made me wonder, if oral traditions were all that these people had to pass along their stories and history (which is what these plays were based on), then why weren’t these actors viewed more favorably? Was the shame simply because they were going around asking for money for the performances or was it just frowned upon entirely to be an storyteller at that time?

Present day Theater is immensely influenced by oral and writing cultures before the 1700. The evolution of the writing and language system before the 1700 has shown to be effective when creating compelling dramatic performances. My question to you is: Since oral, ritual, and shamanic performance have helped to improve aesthetics and various dynamic performances of today’s Theater. Do you believe that oral verbalization before the 1700 had a more salient impact on today’s performances, or was it the component of written verbalization that had a preeminent influence? Perhaps its just an enigma of contrasting opinions on theater.

A modern Musical or an Opera have devided Playing music and playing act. I am wondering how they are devided in the past. Also, how the senior performer or director control or direct or lead or guide or initiate to an illiterate actor even there was printed script in the past? My last question is how the performers keep quality of plays even though the palys depend in oral tradition?

It is accepted to present the theory of Darwinism, however, to say culture evolves is unaccepted. If people evolve and learn can that effect culture? The idea of Darwinism refers to the evolution of humans, physically, whereas, social Darwinism puts a hierarchy on culture, this idea questioned the beliefs of others. Some in the “greater civilizations” may question rituals and shamanic performances still practiced today, because it is not considered the “norm” however, the people who follow these rituals believe in them and find meaning to it. It is a language they understand and connect with deeply, which shows how complex language is.