SHORT NOTES ON GRECO-ROMAN PERIOD FOR NTA UGC NET ENGLISH

 SHORT NOTES ON GRECO-ROMAN PERIOD

• FATHER OF TRAGEDY- AESCHYLUS - HIS FAMOUS WORK=ORESTEIA

• ARISTOPHANES CARICATURED SOCRATES CRUELLY IN 'THE CLOUDS'

•  IMPORTANT DRAMATIST OF GREEK OLD COMEDY- ARISTOPHANES

• ATHENIAN TRAGEDIANS OF 6th CENTURY B.C -  AESCHYLUIS, SOPHOCLES, EURIPEDES
• NEW COMEDY OF MENANDER- FORM OF DRAMA LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMEDY OF MANNERS.
• LAIUS & JOCASTA- PARENTS OF OEDIPUS ( oedipus rex)

• OEDIPUS IS CALLED SWOLLEN FOOT (Nick name)

• 'ODES OF PINDAR' THAT CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF PARTICIPANTS IN COMPETITIONS LIKE OLYMPIC GAMES ARE CALLED "VICTORY ODES"

• HELEN OF TROY'S TWIN SISTER BORN TO LEDA AND THE SWAN - CLYTEMNESTRA

• THEBAN TRILOGY - OEDIPUS REX , OEDIPUS AT COLONUS & ANTIGONE

• METRICAL PATTERN USED IN THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY- DACTYLIC HEXAMETER

• FIRST PERMANENT THEATRE IN ROME- THEATRE OF POMPEY

• THEORIST WHO FORMULATED THE CONCEPT OF UTILE DULCI- HORACE

• ANCIENT POET KNOWN AS THE "TENTH MUSE"- SAPPHO

• FATHER OF GREEK TRAGEDY- AESCHYLUS

• FATHER OF GREEK COMEDY- ARISTOPHANES

• GILGAMESH IS A BABYLONIAN EPIC POEM

• ORESTEIA TRILOGY - AGAMEMNON, THE PERSIANS, EUMENIDES

• FAMOUS HEXAMETER POEM BY APOLLONIUS OF RHODES- ARGONAUTICA

• SURVIVING LATIN COMEDIES AND GREEK ADAPTATIONS - PLAUTUS AND TERENCE

• ENNIUS SURVIVING WORK IN LATIN- ANNALES

• GREEK PLAY SOURCE FOR THE WINTER'S TALE- ALCESTIS