PLAY AND THE ATRICALITY IN CLASSICAL ATHENS (plots, masks, and characters)

Abstract

The main objective of this study is the metaphysics of the urban space of Athens in the classical age. It determined the forms of transition of the social behavior of citizens from ancient religious algorithmic rituals to creative theatricality. Both poles comprised various aspects of human life - private and public, political and psychological, legal and religious. However, transitivity was not exhaustive: the poles, although modified, persisted for a long time. This made the Athenian community multi-dimensional, which was quite evident in the landscape of the city. We decided to overcome the usual formality of the architecture of the City, highlighting its metaphysical features on the background of political philosophy and mathematics, moral theory, and aesthetics. In this regard, the following points of the Athenian landscape are subject to analysis and interpretation - the City walls and gates, the Areopagus, the Agora, the Acropolis, and the Theater of Dionysus.