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Legend traces the origins of drama in [[Ancient Greece]] to the sixth century [[Common Era|BCE]], when a man called Thespis (hence The first stone theatre to be built in Ancient Greece was the [[Theatre of Dionysos]] in [[Athens]]. It was cut into the cliff f

...etic gatherings of the classical world, and the most important festival of ancient Greece.

'''Elizabeth Vandiver''' is an expert on [[Classics]], particularly on [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] and [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[mythology]]. She is a professor at [[W

From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], he was the [[son]] of [[Iapetos]] and helped all [[h

In [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], '''Heracles''' (sometimes spelt Herakles) was the [[

The origins of theatre in the [[Western world]] began in [[Ancient Greece]], with classical or [[Greek tragedy]].

...Bacchae''' was a [[drama]] in the [[genre]] of [[Greek tragedy]] by the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[Athens|Athenian]] [[playwright]] [[Euripides]]. It was the [[stor

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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], he was (arguably) the greatest [[bard]] of all time

'''Theatre''' has existed in many forms since [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]] times. This article attempts to outline the main stages. Ancient Greece is generally regarded as the founding civilisation of theatre. It began at

...a [[Witchcraft|witch]] or [[enchantress]]. In the ''[[Odyssey]]'' by the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[poetry|poet]] [[Homer]], [[Odysseus]] and his warriors stayed on

...]]ic epic depicts it as a ten-year conflict undertaken by a confederated [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] expeditionary force under the leadership of [[king]] [[Agamemnon]]

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..., and with a tail looking like a lizard or serpent. It was killed by the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[hero]] [[Bellerophon]] who, mounted on the winged horse [[Pegasus

In [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], the [[Thebes|Thebian]] [[queen]] and [[daughter]] of

A [[drama]] by the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[playwright]] [[Sophocles]] which became the [[inspiration]] for [

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...ame was Aelius).<ref>Gagarin, Michael (2010). ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome''. pp. 376–377. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-5 ...ESCO since 1999.<ref>Gagarin, Michael (2010). ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome'', pp. 376–378.</ref><ref>[http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/907 Vil

...[[Greek mythology]] in which a [[physical attraction|handsome]] [[male]] [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[youth]] with the [[name]] [[Narcissus]] rejected the [[seduction|