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Men played the roles of women in the Grecian amphitheaters of the fifth century.

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Men played the roles of females because female weren’t allowed to act
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They were paid for their performances, but acting was not their full time occupation. There were no actresses on the Greek stage. All the female roles were played by men. The maximum number of actors required for any Greek tragedy is three.

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