Religion in Athens was a part of every day life. The Greeks had statues and monuments toe the gods that they believed in. Religion even affected politics. Theater,was a form of entertainment and for the Athenians and because the Athenians had stories, or myths, to explain natural events and the like. As myths were their own type of entertainment theater grew from that as people could act out myths. Theater is actually dated back to the time of the religious festival. Greek tragedies alays seemed to do with the concept of morality problems between mortals and gods. The politics in Athens are very close with religion which is how theater is close to politics.
citation: "culture." commons wikimedia. Web. 19 Feb 2010.
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