tragedies in Greek theater during the 5th century BC had no political or public function for the Athenian polis, they were 'art for art's sake.'

the humanism of Greece had in democratic Athens of the 5th century BC its great exponent. at that moment, art and theater glorified individualism, private life, and excessive behavior.

Greek tragic theater originates in religious festivities. Such a spirit of religiosity permeates all Greek art represented by aesthetic and decorative extravagances in defense of the theocratic government.

the art and theater of ancient Greece were manifestations of an apology for existential nihilism, which was the main characteristic of the irrationality of Athenian democracy in antiquity.

the ideals of balance, harmony, moderation permeate Greek art and theater in the period. the authors Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides are the main names of tragic theater in Athens.

Tragedies, of course, are not myths. It can be stated the opposite, that the genre emerged at the end of the 6th century when the language of myth no longer captures the political reality of the city. In the tragic conflict, the hero, the king, and the tyrant still appear bound to the heroic and mythical tradition, but the solution to the drama eludes them: it is never given by the solitary hero and always translates the triumph of the collective values imposed by the new democratic city. According to the above quote, it is CORRECT to state about art and theater in the Classical Period (5th and 4th centuries BC) of Ancient Greece:

Question about Ancient Greece, Classical Period, Hellenism: Review

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