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625 BCE
Dithyrambic Chorus
The dithyrambic was a hymn sung and it was danced to honor Dionysus. Dionysus was the god of fertility and wine. -
600 BCE
City of Dionysia
The city of Dionysia was in ancient Athens and would have a festival in honor of the god Dionysus. In the city of Dionysia was were the theatrical performances of dramatic tragedies were performed from 487 BC. -
536 BCE
Thespis performs a tragedy at a festival in Athens
Thespis was the first acter in greek theatre history and was a singer, he sang dithyrambs, however, this isn't the only thing he's known for. He is also known for the tragedy he wrote at a festival in Athens. He was also the first winner to be credited for that competition. -
486 BCE
The start of greek comedy
Every year there was a 3-day festival which held a competition for comedies in Athens held as part of the Lenaea. Aristophanes is the only comic author that survived the 5th century -
485 BCE
Euripides
Euripides was a tragedian in the city of Athens. He wrote many plays which some are still performed today. In total, he wrote 95 plays, 18 of those are still performed to this day. Euripides changed greek theatre by portraying strong female characters in his plays because before him men would also play female roles in plays. -
472 BCE
Aeschylus
Aeschylus was a writer of 90 plays, 7 of which are still performed today! The oldest play still performed is called The Persians. written in 472 BC by Aeschylus. -
456 BCE
Aristophanes
Aristophanes was a greek comedian and he was actually considered the greatest comedian of his time. Aristophanes wrote many plays which were all comidies. -
430 BCE
Trachinian Women
Trachinian Women was a play that was a version of the play Sophocles. In this play, Hercule's wife was featured and it was a play over the powerful story of women. -
422 BCE
Wasps
Wasps is an ancient Greek comedy play which was written by Aristophanes in 422 BC. -
405 BCE
The Frogs
The comedy, the frogs, was a play written in 405 BC by Aristophanes.
