Feb 17th Daily

 Explain how the origins of theatre in Athens are tied to both religion and politics.

The origins of theatre in Athens are tied to both religion and politics in many different ways. First of all, a lot of the plays reflected their themes back to religion and politics since that was their main focus at the time. The Athenian people had many gods that they worshiped, and they used the theatre to please their gods before them. The people who performed the plays and the people who watched both loved tragedy plays. Tragedies are dramatic plays that usually end in a sad or disastrous way. All of their plays had to be approved by the god Dionysus. Most of their plays reflected back on religion or politics. When the actors messed up plays, it was considered a huge sign of disrespect towards the gods. There are so many strict rules that  needed to be followed in order to perform a good play. Politics is involved with the theatre because the actors are payed by the government to perform in the plays. The government charged people with some admission fee, like todays theatre.