Theatre and autocracy in Ancient Greece

古希腊的戏剧与独裁

• 批准号: DP170100260
• 负责人: Prof Peter Wilson
• 金额: $ 22.74万
• 依托单位: The University of Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP170100260
• 关键词: Theatre; autocracy; Ancient; Greece

This project aims to study the relations between theatre and autocratic power in antiquity. Theatre, from the start, appealed just as much to autocrats as to democrats and throve in autocratic states for half a millennium after the extinction of the Classical democracies. While many studies trace ancient Greek theatre’s links to democracy, none explore its links to specific tyrants, monarchs or emperors. This project will examine how autocrats moulded the world’s first mass medium of communication to consolidate their power, and how competing interests used the theatre to share, limit or challenge that power.

本项目旨在研究古代戏剧与专制权力之间的关系。从一开始，戏剧就对独裁者和民主主义者同样有吸引力，并在古典民主政体消亡后的500年里在独裁国家蓬勃发展。虽然许多研究追溯了古希腊戏剧与民主的联系，但没有人探讨它与特定的暴君，君主或皇帝的联系。这个项目将研究独裁者如何塑造世界上第一个大众传播媒介来巩固他们的权力，以及相互竞争的利益如何利用戏剧来分享，限制或挑战这种权力。