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The dithyrambic was a hymn sung and it was danced to honor Dionysus. Dionysus was the god of fertility and wine.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Aristophanes was a greek comedian and he was actually considered the greatest comedian of his time. Aristophanes wrote many plays which were all comidies.
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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.
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Wasps is an ancient Greek comedy play which was written by Aristophanes in 422 BC.
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The comedy, the frogs, was a play written in 405 BC by Aristophanes.
