Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170100260

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170100260

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Theatre and autocracy in Ancient Greece. This project aims to study the relations between theatre and autocratic power in antiquity. Theatre, from the start, appealed just as much to autocrats as to democrats and throve in autocratic states for half a millennium after the extinction of the Classical democracies. While many studies trace ancient Greek theatre’s links to democracy, none explore its links to specific tyrants, monarchs or emperors. This project will examine how autocrats moulded the world’s first mass medium of communication to consolidate their power, and how competing interests used the theatre to share, limit or challenge that power.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 31-12-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $325,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Latin and Classical Greek Literature | Historical Studies | Classical Greek and Roman History |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology

Other Keywords

Classical Greek and Roman History | Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology | Historical Studies | Latin and Classical Greek Literature

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