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World Service,1 min

Why going to the theatre was obligatory for every Greek citizen

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The actor and former Greek Culture minister Lydia Koniordou explains why theatre was so closely tied to democracy in Ancient Greece. Image: Sophocles, the Greek dramatist, general and priest. (Getty Images)

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