To discuss plays of ancient Greece. I’m a complete ignorant on the subject. I only watched a video about Aristophanes and that he mocked Socrates by portraying him as a Sophist in “The Clouds” and that Socrates felt super embarrassed as per Plato on his trial (supposedly he said the laughter at the theater was way harder to confront than any of the accusations on his trial), and that sounds very based to me.
Who were the best playwrights and their best plays?
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I guess in the spirit of another thread that came up here recently, Sophocles was the mind behind Oedipus Rex and is among the most recognizable, wouldn't know if necessarily the best
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_Rex
Looks like the greek Hamlet, I mean in terms of popularity, not necessarily because of the plot. And also super depressing
, definitely should check it out one day.
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