PLAY AND THEATRICALITY IN CLASSICAL ATHENS – 2023-2 (plots, masks, and characters) Albert A. Stepanyan The main objective of this study is the metaphysics of the urban space of Athens in the classical age. It determined the forms of transition of the social behavior of citizens from ancient religious algorithmic rituals to creative theatricality. Both poles comprised various aspects of human life private and public, political and psychological, legal and religious. However, transitivity was not exhaustive: the poles, although modified, persisted for a long time.
