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On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Power of the Ancient Plays
In the ancient world, in the fifth century b c, we're talking about a century in which the greeks saw nearly t years of war. Out of necessity, the greeks developed this form of story telling that served a very direct purpose i think we'veh lost touch with as a society, as a culture. And that purpose was to communalize trama, to create the tions where the word amphitheatre in greek means the place where we go to see in both directions. Amphi, i see you. You see me, both directions. The audience with something at stake has more to teach us than we to teach them. It's hyperby it
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