- The first Greek plays evolved from religious festivals.
- The plays were performed in large theaters outside with little or no scenery.
- The actors had extravagant costumes and stylized masks.
- Most of the time, Greek dramas were based off of popular myths and legends.
- A popular form of Drama was a Tragedy.
- A tragedy is a play that tells stories of human suffering and they usually end in disaster.
- Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides are considered as the greatest Athenian playwrights.
- Another popular form was a Comedy.
- A comedy is a humorous play that mocked people or customs.
- Of all surviving Greek comedies, most of them were written by Aristophanes.