... this association drama had with the gods, theatrical performances were extremely important to Athenian society and as a consequence, sourced thousands of people, from all parts of the land to celebrate in the holy festivities. Such honorary festivals were important to Athenian society as they were instilled in their religion and culture. It was believed that in participating in them the gods would perhaps fulfil their requests of good harvest, fertile flock or plentiful rain. As the gods were seen as humanlike, they portrayed human-characteristics of jealousy, lust, hate, greed, vanity and wrath, and accordingly the protagonist as part of the 'Greek tragic cycle' would consequently be punished by the jealous gods for his/hers egocentric characteristics, this is known as the Nemesis. The Nemesis was imperative to Athenian civilization and culture as it reinforced the great power and mightiness of the gods. Another key component to the Greek tragedy is the ...

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