Can we consider "Cult of the Lamb" similar to a Greek tragedy, in the way the themes are portrayed?
First of all my English is good but it's not my first language so there may be errors.
Anyway I am studying classic Greek literature and I have an unhealthy obsession with Colt.
While studying I was reading the definition of tragedy by the Greek mentality (which is very different by our own): basically the Greek thought that the tragedy was in how things kinda just happened and that humans could really have answers, because the "ship" that is the Universe isn't controlled by us and nobody tells us the answers. (This is my understanding from the book I have to study, it's in Italian by Guidorizzi "Pietà e Terrore" unfortunately I don't know if there is an English translation for anyone who is interested).
Anyway if we see how things are in Cult of the Lamb things kinda just happen the Lamb never has the full picture they just do (like the protagonist of a tragedy).
The Bishops have a prophecy and their own doings led to their downfall (this includes Narinder) like many other characters in the Greek world.
The bird dude (I don't remember the name) acts as a Deus Ex Machina when he appears to explain he reveals all the treats (like the gods do in Greek theater).
In Greek tragedy there isn't any happy ending, it's the total opposite of an happy ending even when things finish in a "good way" and personally I think that it's the same for the story of our Lamb.
Yes, the Lamb becomes a God but for me (this is my perspective) it isn't the 'best version of the world' (like a Hollywood happy ending): the lambs are still dead, they choose the "kindness " of keeping alive the Bishops and Narinder but mostly to have the repent, he will still need to do horribles acts (like sacrificing Ratau for example) and they will do it for eternity.
The Lamb is far from a hero, he has a grey morality and he chooses to act the way they do.
These are the things I see in common with Greek Tragedy .
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HOW DID GREEKS AFFORD THE THEATER SHOWS?
In Ancient Greece, during the classical period, theater was born. Of course, it was very different from the modern one, but that's where everything started.
Theater is the most interesting part of Greek literature and has so many peculiarities and characteristics that are really fascinating, but I wanna talk about one in particular.
How did they afford it?
Before getting into it, we have a couple of considerations to make.
Plays were represented only during religious festivals that were held every year: play writers had to present 3 tragedies and 1 satiric drama, which were acted out for the public and the judges who then had to choose a winner.
At these festivals, everyone participated: theater was the first form of public education and all citizens, didn't matter rich or poor, had to be there. To make sure that everyone could participate, the government paid the ticket for citizens who couldn't afford it.
So, each religious festival brought a lot of expenses.
But Ancient Greeks found a way to find the finances for them.
The government of the πόλις (= the city) knew how rich each citizen was, so they went to the richest and asked them to pay for the festival.
Usually, they didn't refuse, because it was a great honor, but it could happen that the chosen citizen said that he wasn't the richest. If that was the case, this citizen A had to indicate the actual richest citizen. So the government went to this citizen B and asked him to finance the festivities.
If citizen B then accused citizen A of lying and so on, it was applicated the αντιδοσις (antidosis): the two citizens had to switch their possessions, so the truth would have come out, as one would became poorer and the other richer.
However, this only happened in the theater of the V century.
In fact, in the IV century, apart from all the other changes, the government didn't pay for poor citizens anymore for money problems. So the public wasn't the πόλις (= the city) that needed to be educated anymore, but the already educated leading class.
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Bob Dylan covering Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, August 4, 1988.
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Aegisthus: I killed Agamemnon single-handedly and now I’m going to threaten anybody who disagrees with me with torture
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