The Healing Power of Ancient Greek Drama

The Healing Power of Ancient Greek Drama

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Did you know that the Asclepieia in Ancient Greece were health care centres? Really?

Did you know that the Asclepieia in Ancient Greece were health care centres?Really?Muse of Music: EuterpeMuse of Tragedy: Melpomene

Yep, but not only did they practise medicine they also tried to combine a great view with recreational facilities.Such as?

Like theatres, sports centres and hippodromesThat was pretty advanced back then.

But why was theatre (i)__________? The connection between a healing (ii) ______ and theatre came from the fact that theatre was unquestionably a (iii)_____________ experience due to the chorus, and (iv)____________ Greek music was actually used in (v) _________ therapy. Musics healing functions were well (vi) _______ in those days and people felt so much happier by listening to music or watching (vii)_____________.A. Fill in the gaps as you listen.

This shows that the (i)__________ of ancient Greece understood that the (ii)______ process was also (iii)___________ on the psychological and (iv)__________ state of the patient. This is why (v)_______ were given the (vi)______ to watch or participate in (vii) ______ events that would help them (viii)_____ their health but also socialize. B. Fill in the gaps as you listen.

And there was a reason for this, especially for the construction of the theatres. Did you know that words have always had the power to heal or (i)_______________ the soul? All human feelings fear, joy, sadness, compassion are voiced and thats why speech has been used to educate and comfort the soul.Youre right! The Greek word psychagogia indicates that entertainment should come from the education of the soul in Greek on the one hand means actions taken for the mental, spiritual and physical development of man and on the other a method of treating a disease or disorder.C. Listen and fill in the missing word.

Aeschylus

But what is educating the soul if not helping someone discover the truth behind thoughts, ideas, problems and the (i)______ of events? And isnt it mainly through conversation that education takes place? HmmmD. Listen and fill in the missing word.Aeschylus

For instance, in Prometheus Bound Aeschylus writes that words like doctors could cure the (i) __________ and the mind. :, , , Oceanus to Prometheus:Surely you realize, Prometheus, that in the case of a (ii) __________ mood words act as healers. E. Fill in the gaps as you listen.

Ancient Greek dramatists had a great interest in human behavior which was exposed on stage to help audience recognize their own (i)______. Very much like contemporary psychoanalysis they (ii) ______ into the human psyche allowing it to unfold in words but also actions. The word drama actually comes from the ancient Greek drn which means to do.F. Fill in the gaps as you listen.

G. Fill in the gaps as you listen.(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)

Later in the early 20th century, Sigmund Freud, the (i) __________ of psychoanalysis, was also interested in the idea of catharsis. Sigmund FreudH. Listen and fill in the missing word.

Bibliography1. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, trans. James Scully & John Herington. New York: Oxford University Press, 1975.2. Aristotle, Poetics, tran. S. H. Butcher. New York: Hill and Wang, 1961.3. Freud, Sigmund. The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud. London: Hogarth, 1955.4. Ustinova, Y., & Cardea, E. (2014, June 2). Combat Stress Disorders and Their Treatment in Ancient Greece. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 5. H. Christopoulou Aletra, A. Togia, C Varlami. The smart Asclepieion, a total healing environment in Archives of Hellenic Medicine , 2010, 27(2).Webographyhttp://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0009%3Acard%3D379 (accessed October 2014).Quizzhttps://testmoz.com/385479

Find a dialogue in Euripides work Helen that has stirred your emotions and state why.

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