#  Hellenic Studies Folio #10 from the Center for Hellenic Studies 

 





April 08, 2021

 

 

   ![Dionysian revelers dancing through a forest scene.](/sites/g/files/omnuum7151/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/chsgreece/files/arnold_bocklin_-_bacchantenfest.jpg?itok=yRZeVLQO) 

 

 "[Bacchantenfest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arnold_B%C3%B6cklin_-_Bacchantenfest.jpg)" (circa 1856), by Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901); Kunstmuseum Winterthur. Image via Wikimedia Commons. ##  Place and Space in Dramatic Performance

 Building on the readings and questions in the most recent issue ([HSF #9](/news/hellenic-studies-folio-9)) relating to place and space in lyric poetry, we would like to turn to the topic of place and space in dramatic performance.

- Why does a performance in a familiar place cause viewers to question their reality or to see it in another way? Can this include social realities?
- How does the movement of the character of Pentheus through space in the drama *Bacchae* by Euripides compare to the movement of modern viewers through space in some site-specific performances? Is Pentheus himself a viewer or a performer?
- To what extent can some online events, of the kind taking place during the pandemic, be understood as site-specific performances?

###  Lecture on site-specific dramatic performances

 Video of approximately 18 minutes (watch from 00:07:50 through 00:26:30). The lecture was given in Greek, but viewers may adjust the YouTube video player settings to auto-translate the subtitles into English or another language.



 

###  Selections of approximately 2,400 words from *The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours* by Gregory Nagy

 Read 21§§11–16, 38–45.

   ![The book cover of The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours by Gregory Nagy depicting the statue of the dying Achilles with putto extracting an arrow from his heel.](/sites/g/files/omnuum7151/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chsgreece/files/the-ancient-greek-hero-book-cover.jpeg?itok=9nozFVCg) 

 

  
[*The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours*](https://chs.harvard.edu/chapter/part-iii-hour-21-the-heros-agony-in-the-bacchae-of-euripides/)###  "Extra credit" video viewing:

 [Watch a performative reading of selections from the *Bacchae* of Euripides, with commentary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAt1FDCF2hQ&ab_channel=TheCenterforHellenicStudies); video of approximately 90 minutes.

 [Learn more about the Hellenic Studies Folios and the previous installments of the series](/hellenic-studies-folios-series).



 

 

 



 

 

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