In The Birth of Tragedy Nietzsche interprets the Greek tragedy as a culture of violent Titanic origin that emerged from an Apollonian civilization (reffering to the genesis of greeks gods and culture). Despite the introduction of the vital Olympic pantheon as the Apollonian culture and the horrors of their existence, they managed to expose their culture once more to the threat of the chaos of the Dionysian experience.
Thanks to its integrative revolution, the unknown Dionysus cult shaped the distinctive character of Greek culture. A classic text-based drama theory that has existed since Aristotle was common, contradicted an aesthetic of interpretation reconstructing the tragic as a specified idea.
Nietzsche attempts to rehabilitate the classical Greek tragedy with a more precise perspective on multimedia actions with the Dionysian choir in focus, whereby Dionysus' suffering is ritually reproduced through symbolism and ecstasy. Beyond the boundaries of synaesthesia. the audience in the Greek play is enraptured by the tragic task of the individual played out on stage. Nietzsche calls this sensualization of his own self-image “Dionysian wisdom”. The choir with music, dance , Facial expressions and gestures represent the invasion of nature . Now the media counterpart brings about the recovery of the Apollonian culture. The plot and the language of a dramatic production visualize the separation of the Dionysian and Apollonian state.
From chapter 11 inwards of The Birth of Tragedy Nietsche discussses waht he calls Socrates' logical optimism, coupled with myth-creating competence and the downfall of tragedy as well as the erroneously Socrates- inspired works of Euripides. Euripides' productions are rational , imitation-oriented and psychologized functions (aesthetic Socratism). The theory of the critical historical mind is used in place of affective participation and symbols of mysticism, which are deprived of distinctive properties due to the distancing efforts. In Europe, according to Nietzsche's view, there would be a change in cultural forms. The original symbolism of aesthetic consciousness gives way to the historical reification , which causes a decline in ritual practice towards self-awareness compared to the new focus, the confrontation with texts.
