Rooster masks

Creator

Boeve, Ervina

Subject

Theater--Origin
Performance
Theater--Greece
Vases, Greek
Theater--Religious aspects

Description

ca. 600-500 BC--Greek--Men wearing masks of roosters, as depicted on a vase--dressing up like animals was part of the early Dionysian festivals/rites.

Original Date

ca. 600-500 BC

Digitized Date

Mon, 07/02/2001

Original Media

Image

Original Format

image/slide

Digital Format

image/tif

Local Identifier

theaterhistory74

Coverage

Greek
Archaic
Dionysiac rites
Performance