A Comedy - The Frogs: Characters 0.0 / 5 ? Classical CivilizationA2/A-levelOCR Created by: EllieCreated on: 28-05-13 14:55 Who is Dionysus? He is the main character of the play, he is the God of Drama 1 of 11 What un-godlike features does he have? He is cowardly, foolish, silly and is bossed around by lower status characters 2 of 11 Who is Xanthias? He is Dionysus' slave and helper 3 of 11 What is unusual about his character? He has a lot of freedom and is continuously rude to Dionysus despite his lower status 4 of 11 What is the point of this strange master/slave relationship? It is amusing for the sudience to see a God being treated badly, and provides humour through role reversal 5 of 11 Who is Heracles? Dionysus' brother, another son of Zeus 6 of 11 Who is Charon? A judge of the dead, he is the keeper to the river styx and the ferryman to the underworld 7 of 11 Who is Pluto? God of the Underworld 8 of 11 Who is Euripides? The poet Dionysus originally sets out to retrieve from the underworld 9 of 11 Who is Aeschyltus? The poet Dionysus ends up bringing back from the underworld 10 of 11 Why the change of heart? It turns out that Aeschyltus is better for Athens then Euripides is 11 of 11
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