Book contents
- Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily
- Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Foreword
- Note to the Reader
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Out of the Shadows
- 3 Cult and Circumstance
- 4 Politics and Propaganda
- 5 Taking Theater Home
- 6 Drama in Public
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index locorum
- General Index
7 - Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2021
- Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily
- Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Foreword
- Note to the Reader
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Out of the Shadows
- 3 Cult and Circumstance
- 4 Politics and Propaganda
- 5 Taking Theater Home
- 6 Drama in Public
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index locorum
- General Index
Summary
Gelon and especially Hieron I supported and encouraged an active literary circle, including the playwrights Epicharmus, Deinolochus, Phormis, and, more briefly, Aeschylus. Literary and historical evidence suggests that their plays were performed on a grand scale. When the Deinomenids fell, a democratic government came to power and there is little evidence of large-scale public theatrical events for more than half a century. This period of turbulent democracy was brought to an end by Dionysius I (405–367), who not only ruled Syracuse, but extended his control over most of Sicily and up the mainland as far as the gulf of Taras and beyond.
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- Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily , pp. 189 - 195Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021