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Vestuario

El vestuario vamos a dejarlo muy simple. La idea es utilizar cosas que tengamos en casa y/o recicladas. No necesitamos muchas cosas que nos estorben a la hora de actuar, especialmente cuando tengamos que subir y bajar del escenario. 

Para los soldados (Paris, Ajax, Soldier, Aquiles, Patroclus, Odysseus, Hector, Guards 1 &2) necesitamos una camiseta blanca y unos pantalones cortos (vaqueros) y una espada/arco/hacha/lanza (ya tenemos algunas en clase).  También llevan una capa (roja los espartanos y azul los troyanos) que haremos con una bolsa de plástico. 

 

Otras ideas:



Agamemnon necesita una capa negra y ropa negra. Menelaus puede ir con una camiseta blanca y pantalones y llevar una capa roja y corona (que podemos hacer con cartón).

Cassandra y Helen pueden llevan un vestido o toga blancas (se puede hacer con una sábana o un trozo de tela (instrucciones). Hay ideas más o menos elaboradas, pero la idea es que se la puedan poner encima de ropa ajustada con la menor ayuda posible. Llevarán brazaletes dorados que haremos, como en la imagen. 




Los dioses (Athena, Zeus, Poseidon, Apollo y Hera) y Homero también llevan una toga, que se hace perfectamente con una sábana o trozo de tela. Sería excelente que la toga de Poseidon fuera azul y la de Apollo roja, pero no hay problema. Los otros dioses y Homero también pueden escoger llevar otra de algún color diferente al blanco, pero queda a su propia elección. (Otras formas de hacer una toga).




Para todos: Si tenemos unas sandalias "romanas" mejor, pero podemos hacer unas con unas chanclas y unos cordones o lazos, como en la imagen.



Por otro lado, agradeceros a todos la colaboración con los cartones y demás materiales que hemos utilizado para construir el atrezzo.

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Children's University of Manchester


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Max on Mt. Olympus by National Geographic Kids


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The origin of the Olympics

As you may know already, Greeks invented the Olympics we celebrate every four years. This video explains how they celebrated them according to their four year calendar!


What else have you learned? Leave a comment!

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Greek Literature

Our play is based on The IliadThe Iliad is an epic poem written by the Greek poet Homer. It tells the story of the last year of the Trojan War between Troy and the Greeks. 

  • It is estimated that the Iliad was written around the 8th century BC. So it was written about 2,700 years ago, although the story is much older.
  • It was first told and sung orally during the Greek Dark Age by traveling storytellers. 
  • The Iliad has 15,693 lines.


Homer also wrote The Odyssey. The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus, who tries to return home after winning the Trojan War.

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History


Ancient Greece is part of the Ancient History. This period comes after Prehistory (Prehistoric cave paintings, do you remember?) and goes from the first human history recordings (first writing!!) to the Early Middle Ages. 

It includes different civilizations such as Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, but also Mesopotamia, Phoenicians and so on.


Read more about Ancient Greece



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The Olympian Gods

Greek mythology is very rich and dense. There are twelve main gods and goddesses that live in the Mount Olympus, so they are called the Olympian Gods.


Roman and Greek gods and goddesses were similar and their names are often mixed and exchanged. Here is a chart so you can know both names:

The Greek and Roman Gods

From Visually.


Click here to get more information about Greek gods and goddesses.

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Learn more about Greece


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"Grecas" or borders

Greeks used borders in addition to figures to decorate their amphoras. In Spanish, we call the "grecas", which comes from Latin "graecas". These borders are made of a simple design or designs that are repeated over and over. Look for the borders in the following examples: 


Here you have some simplified examples for your amphoras:


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Design your own amphora

As we talked about in class, Ancient Greeks used amphoras to store water, olive oil, wine and many other things. Amphoras were usually decorated with lots of designs depicting sports, wars or stories... You can read more about amphoras clicking here or watching these videos: 



Greeks made different types of recipients, you can see their names in the following image:


In class, we have designed our own amphora (with handles!). But, some of you have designed a Pelike and Oskar might have designed a Loutrophorus, what do you think?

We painted the amphoras with wax crayons and finally covered it with a mixture of black tempera and a tiny bit of dishwashing soap. Now, we have to add the decoration with a toothpick but... how about trying some different decorations online first? 


Then, you will be ready to decorate your own amphora! Remember that they will be a piece of decoration for the play, so do your best! 

For additional information: Wikipedia, La Cerámica Griega (in Spanish) and Theoi Project (thousands of pictures for amphora inspiration!)

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Welcome

Hello! I thought it would be a good idea to design a blog only for our Theatre Play project. As you may know already, our play is a comedy about the Trojan War. This will help us learn about lots of things, as the Ancient Greece, Ancient History, Greek mythology...

We are knees deep invested in the play, so I figured you would like some additional information for you to research and read at home.

In the blog, we can also gather the different ideas we have got for the play costumes, decoration and props. Everything is possible!


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