Abstract:
The paper examines the impact of the seven-year dictatorship (1967–1974) on the performances of ancient Greek tragedy by the National Theatre of Greece at the summer festival of Epidaurus and in association with the establishment of the Ministry of Culture and Science in 1971. The discussion concludes that during the dictatorship the summer festival of Epidaurus turned into a tourist attraction and a vehicle for the manipulation of audiences through the “ancientmaniac” ideology of the dictators expressed through the performances of tragedy. The establishment of the Ministry of Culture and Science intensified the political appropriation of tragedy as a carrier of ideology and aesthetics.
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