In honor of, you mean? Well, loads of things - people mostly. Like Heracles (Greek form of the Roman Hercules), the gods, heroes and stories. All great heroes in ancient Greece wanted to be told in stories and have plays written about their lives, so, there were a lot of stories and plays.
Tragedies and Dramatic Comedies
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they were preformed during the year
The earliest Greek stories were mainly about the Greek Gods.
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What do you mean, what were Greek plays called? They were and are called plays. Most of them were tragedies, if that's what you mean.
The three types of ancient Greek plays were comedy, tragedy, and satyr plays.
The style of Greek plays are tragedies and comedies. Hoped that helped!!! ;)
Euripides was a Greek playwright mostly known for being the first man to use women in his plays
A greek comedy or a greek tragedy
Greek tragedies were plays that were based on myths. These plays were supposed to be performed to honor Dionysus, who is the Greek god of wine.
Satire were plays that made fun of Greek legends.
Theaters in ancient Greece were temples to the god, Dionysys. He was an important god because he embodied the idea of rebirth and death. Dionysys is the god of wine, patron of the arts and fertility.
The most famous of all Greek plays were Drama and Satire/comedies. The most famous of Greek playwrights was Homer and Socrates.