... in front of an audience, the ritual became a performance and theatre was born. In ancient Greece, the theatre was an outlet for religion because it worshipped Dionysus, the god of wine, crops, and reproduction. As theatre developed, undefined rules came into practice, and the process through which a playwright produced a play as well as the distinguishing traits characteristic of a successful play became ... ...

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... there were suspicions of him being the real son of his parents. There some lines from the play: " There was a man dining with us one day who had too much wine and man shouted at me-half drunk and shouting that I was not rightly called my father's son. Without my parent's knowledge, I went to Delphi, but Apollo did not say what ... ...

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... the Princess Antigone brought before him. The sentry told Creon that she was the one that disobey the edict. The sentry explains that he saw Antigone last night crying, poring wine, and trying to rebury the body of Polyneices. Creon then asks Antigone if the charges that the sentry accused her of are true and she admits to it all. Creon ... ...

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... rules of her gods, which were that any dead body must be given a proper burial, with libatations. This would prevent the soul from being lost between worlds forever, along with wine as an offering to the gods (page 518- side note). Nor could Antigone let Creon's edicts go against her morals (lines 392-394). She chooses to share her love, not ... ...

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... must renew his sense of identity in a different way. This a reference to an important issue of Greek culture. Apollo, the god of order and reason, and Dionysus, the god of wine and chaos, were two important deities that represented opposing ideals. The balance of these ideals, order and chaos, was an important Greek principle. In order to achieve order and reason ... ...

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... and Queen Merope. At a feast, a drunken man tells Oedipus that Polybus is not his real father. Oedipus tells Jocasta, "This: at a feast a man who"d drunk too much denied, at the wine, I was my father's son" (OR 783-784). Oedipus is quite disturbed by this bit of news and wants to find the truth. When he questions his mother and father, they ... ...

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... slippers and slips, rouge and perfumes, negligees and décolletage..."" (19). Lysistrata ran into several obstacles. First having to convince to women to attempt the plan, with the assistance of wine, but also as the days went by women began to try to sneak back to their men. Lysistrata and the women got physical with the men. There were scenes when ... ...

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... of her gods, which were that any dead body must be given a proper burial, with some limitations. This would prevent the soul from being lost between worlds forever, along with wine as an offering to the gods. However, Antigone could not let King Creon's decrees go against her morals. She chooses to share her love, not her hate. She couldn't bare ... ...

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