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 \u003Cbr>Seneca (tragedy)   |\n\n96  \n\n| Aeschylus   | Sophocles   | Euripides   | Aristophanes   |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| The Persians(472 BCE)   | Ajax(c.442 BCE)   | Medea(431 BCE)   | The Acharnians(425  \u003Cbr>BCE)   |\n| Seven Against Thebes  \u003Cbr>(467 BCE)   | Antigone(c.441 BCE)   | Hippolytus(428 BCE)   | The Clouds(423 BCE,  \u003Cbr>revised 419 BCE)   |\n| The Suppliants(c.463  \u003Cbr>BCE)   | Oedipus Rex(c.429  \u003Cbr>BCE)   | Electra(c.420 BCE)   | The Wasps(422 BCE)   |\n| Prometheus Bound  \u003Cbr>(attributed,c.430 BCE)   | Trachiniae (c.420 BCE)   | The Trojan Women  \u003Cbr>(415 BCE)   | Peace(421 BCE)   |\n| Agamemnon(458 BCE)   | Philoctetes(409 BCE)   | The Bacchae(c.405  \u003Cbr>BCE)   | Lysistrata(411 BCE)   |\n| The Libation Bearers  \u003Cbr>(458 BCE)   | Oedipus at Colonus  \u003Cbr>(produced  \u003Cbr>posthumously 401 BCE)   | Andromache(c.425  \u003Cbr>BCE)   | Thesmophoriazusae  \u003Cbr>(411 BCE)   |\n| The Eumenides(458  \u003Cbr>BCE)   |  | Iphigenia in Tauris(c.  \u003Cbr>414 BCE)   | The Frogs(405 BCE)   |\n\nHONIS VLIHS  \n## Fate of Greek and Roman Playwrights\n\nAfter the classical era,Greek theatre shifted from serious tragedy to lighter NewComedy(e.g.,Menander).In the Hellenistic period,revivals replaced new writing,andperformance troupes became more central than playwrights.  \n### ·Roman Adaptation and Decline:\n\nRoman playwrights like Plautus,Terence,and Seneca adapted Greek styles.But bythe 1st-3rd century CE,spectacles(gladiators,races)overtook theatre in popularity.  \n### ·Christian Suppression:\n\nBy the 4th-5th centuries CE,Christian authorities viewed theatre as immoral andpagan,leading to the banning of performances and the disappearance ofplaywrights.  \n### ·Theatre in the Dark Ages:\n\nFrom the 5th-10th centuries CE,public theatre declined in Europe.Greek andRoman drama survived only through monastic manuscripts and educational texts.  \n## Origins &Early Forms\n\n·Liturgical Plays(roughly 10th-12th centuries):These were the earliest forms,developing within the church service itself as dramatizations of biblicalstories in Latin,performed by clergy.  \n·Mystery and Miracle Plays(roughly 12th-16th centuries):As liturgical playsbecame more elaborate,they moved outside the church and wereperformed in the vernacular languages by laypeople and guilds.  \n·Mystery plays focused on biblical stories(e.g.,Creation,Noah's Ark,the lifeof Christ).  \n·Miracle plays(also sometimes called saint's pl","cbCailfsmLa2Eat6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailfsmLa2Eat6","pdf",3816907,65,"English","# Historical Roots\n## Development\n## Influence of Greek Drama on Roman Drama\n# Fate of Greek and Roman Playwrights\n# Origins & Early Forms\n## Interludes and Key Figures\n## Early Plays","[{\"question\":\"Greek drama originated in which place and century, and through what cultural practice?\",\"answer\":\"It originated in 6th century BCE Athens as part of religious festivals honoring Dionysus. 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