What would the ancient Greeks think of an Olympics with no fans?
In Ancient Greece, attending an athletic-religious festival like the Olympics transformed an ordinary spectator into a theôros – a witness observing the sacred.
In Ancient Greece, attending an athletic-religious festival like the Olympics transformed an ordinary spectator into a theôros – a witness observing the sacred.
This contemporary take on Hippolyte et Aricie doesn’t do Rameau’s classic opera justice.
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