What is Greek tragedy? What did the Actors Wear?

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      The tragedy which originated in ancient Greece in rituals are generally called as Greek tragedies. The tragedies of Greece are essentially found religious in their theme, as well as spirit. It centres round the divine cosmic power to mould and shape the human destiny. The basic important structural element in the Greek tragedy is the observance of the principle of three unities, and it is found constructed in a set pattern having no act or scene.

Greek Tragedy

      The Greek theatre is found immensely enriched by a group of characters. All the characters in a Greek tragedy wear richly decorated. The characters on a Greek stage used to wear the heavy costume, the obstructive cothurnus and the loosely hanging mask, all of which the tragic actors used to put on to appear something more then human.

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