http://wiki.phantis.com/index.php?title=Thespis&feed=atom&action=historyThespis - Revision history2024-03-29T00:37:23ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.32.0http://wiki.phantis.com/index.php?title=Thespis&diff=24330&oldid=prevIrlandos at 13:27, March 7, 20072007-03-07T13:27:21Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>According to [[Aristotle]], writing two hundred years later, Thespis was a singer of dithyrambs (songs about stories from mythology with choric refrains). Thespis supposedly innovated a new style in which one singer or actor performed the words of individual characters in the stories, distinguishing between the characters with the aid of different masks.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>According to [[Aristotle]], writing two hundred years later, Thespis was a singer of dithyrambs (songs about stories from mythology with choric refrains). Thespis supposedly innovated a new style in which one singer or actor performed the words of individual characters in the stories, distinguishing between the characters with the aid of different masks.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This new style was called tragedy, and Thespis was the most popular exponent of it. Eventually, in [[534 <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">BCE</del>]], competitions to find the best tragedy were instituted at the [[City Dionysia]] in [[Athens]], and Thespis won the first competition. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This new style was called tragedy, and Thespis was the most popular exponent of it. Eventually, in [[534 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">BC</ins>]], competitions to find the best tragedy were instituted at the [[City Dionysia]] in [[Athens]], and Thespis won the first competition. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is sometimes implied that Thespis invented acting in the Western world, and that prior to his performances, no one had ever assumed the resemblance of another person for the purpose of storytelling. In fact, it is highly likely that acting had existed for thousands of years, as is indicated by cave paintings such as 'The Sorcerer'. Thespis is, however, the first known actor in ''written'' plays, as opposed to improvised or orally transmitted plays. He may thus have had a substantial role in changing the way stories were told and inventing theatre as we know it today. In reverence to Thespis, actors throughout western history have been referred to as '''thespians'''. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is sometimes implied that Thespis invented acting in the Western world, and that prior to his performances, no one had ever assumed the resemblance of another person for the purpose of storytelling. In fact, it is highly likely that acting had existed for thousands of years, as is indicated by cave paintings such as 'The Sorcerer'. Thespis is, however, the first known actor in ''written'' plays, as opposed to improvised or orally transmitted plays. He may thus have had a substantial role in changing the way stories were told and inventing theatre as we know it today. In reverence to Thespis, actors throughout western history have been referred to as '''thespians'''. </div></td></tr>
</table>Irlandoshttp://wiki.phantis.com/index.php?title=Thespis&diff=12519&oldid=prevIrlandos at 10:49, April 11, 20062006-04-11T10:49:16Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Thespis of Icaria''' ([[6th century BC]]) is claimed to be the first person ever to appear on stage as an actor in a play although the reality is undoubtedly more complex. In other sources, he is said to have introduced the first actor in addition to the chorus ¹.<br />
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According to [[Aristotle]], writing two hundred years later, Thespis was a singer of dithyrambs (songs about stories from mythology with choric refrains). Thespis supposedly innovated a new style in which one singer or actor performed the words of individual characters in the stories, distinguishing between the characters with the aid of different masks.<br />
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This new style was called tragedy, and Thespis was the most popular exponent of it. Eventually, in [[534 BCE]], competitions to find the best tragedy were instituted at the [[City Dionysia]] in [[Athens]], and Thespis won the first competition. <br />
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It is sometimes implied that Thespis invented acting in the Western world, and that prior to his performances, no one had ever assumed the resemblance of another person for the purpose of storytelling. In fact, it is highly likely that acting had existed for thousands of years, as is indicated by cave paintings such as 'The Sorcerer'. Thespis is, however, the first known actor in ''written'' plays, as opposed to improvised or orally transmitted plays. He may thus have had a substantial role in changing the way stories were told and inventing theatre as we know it today. In reverence to Thespis, actors throughout western history have been referred to as '''thespians'''. <br />
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It must be stressed, however, that there is very little concrete information about the Thespis and origins of Greek theatre, and all of the above may be more legend than reality.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Aeschylus]]<br />
*[[Sophocles]]<br />
*[[Euripides]]<br />
*[[Aristophanes]]<br />
*[[Aristotle]]<br />
*[[Dionysia]]<br />
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==References==<br />
*¹ Theatre of the Greeks by Philip Wentworth Buckham (1827)<br />
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[[Category:Ancient Greek actors]]<br />
[[Category:Stage actors]]<br />
[[Category:History of theater]]<br />
[[Category:Ancient Greek poets]]</div>Irlandos