Wars and the effects on ancient Greek theatre Grant Kohler Before the year 479 BCE, most of the innovations from the Greeks were art in its most common form and in the mathematics and sciences. Examples of this are Pythagoras in 525; he developed a throm about right triangles. It wasn’t until aproxiamtely 458 Bce that the first tragedy was created. Drama had existed before this , but in other forms. What we consider drama first began simply …showed first 75 words of 520 total…

…showed last 75 words of 520 total…a story of the ill-fated children of Agamemnon, a hero from Homer’s Illiad. As you can see, the wars surrounding the Ancient Greeks brought out many effects and prolific playwrights, along with excellence in other fields. Bibliography Works Cited 1. Kitto, H.D.F. The Greeks. London: Penguin Paperbacks, 1991 2. Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Cliffs Notes on Greek Classics. Nebraska: Cliffs Notes, 1988 3. Garranty, John A., et. al . The Columbia History of the World New York: Harper & Row, 1972.