Next we will discuss the factors Euripides has had on Greek tragedies. Lastly this paper will touch on the effects Thespis had on theater in modern society.
The first question that must be defined when discussing the influence of tragedy is ‘what exactly is a tragedy’? In the theater it is hard to define exactly the complex nature that makes up a tragedy. A man by the name of Benno von Wiese who studied German tragedy from Lessing to Hebbel once stated that even for this comparatively restricted period he has refrained from giving a ‘magic formula for interpretation’. We are often able to find the essence of tragedy in earlier Greek works, such as poems. We start to see a concept