The Myth, the Greek tragedy and their current interpretation

The work discusses antic drama, or more specifically, Greek tragedy, ancient Greek mythology, myths and mystery. I have tried to capture and denominate the function and role of theatre and religion in the life of citizen of an ancient Greek polis. On the specific example of my graduation work ? Euripides?s Orestes ? I want to demonstrate the obstacles and difficulties of staging an ancient Greek tragedy that a modern theatre professional has to deal with. My travels in Greek and watching antic plays staged in the original environment, first of all, rewarded me with bountiful resources for my work. In the last chapters I have also included a comparison of three different stagings of Euripides?s tragedy Médeia to demonstrate the specific influence the ancient Greek drama had over development of European culture in its different stages, i.e. how the classical topics were dramatized in the different periods