Editing Macedonia (ancient kingdom) (section)

===Theatre, music and performing arts===
{{Further|Theatre of ancient Greece|Music of ancient Greece}}

Philip II was assassinated in 336 BC at the theatre of [[Aegae (Macedonia)|Aigai]], amid games and spectacles celebrating the marriage of his daughter [[Cleopatra of Macedon|Cleopatra]].<ref name="muller 2010 182">{{harvnb|Müller|2010|p=182}}.</ref> Alexander the Great was allegedly a great admirer of both theatre and music.<ref name="errington 1990 224"/> He was especially fond of the [[Play (theatre)|plays]] by [[Classical Athenian]] [[tragedian]]s [[Aeschylus]], [[Sophocles]], and [[Euripides]], whose works formed part of a proper [[Education in ancient Greece|Greek education]] for his new eastern subjects alongside studies in the Greek language, including the [[Epic Cycle|epics]] of [[Homer]].<ref name="worthington 2014 186">{{harvnb|Worthington|2014|p=186}}.</ref> While he and his army were stationed at [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]] (in modern-day Lebanon), Alexander had his generals act as judges not only for athletic contests but also for stage performances of Greek tragedies.<ref>{{harvnb|Worthington|2014|p=185}}.</ref> The contemporaneous famous actors [[Thessalus (actor)|Thessalus]] and Athenodorus performed at the event.<ref group="note">The actor Athenodorus performed despite risking a fine for being absent from the simultaneous [[Dionysia]] festival of Athens where he was scheduled to perform (a fine that his [[patron]] Alexander agreed to pay). See{{harvnb|Worthington|2014|pp=185–186}} for details.</ref>

[[History of music|Music]] was also appreciated in Macedonia. In addition to the [[agora]], the [[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)|gymnasium]], the [[theatre]], and [[Religious sanctuary|religious sanctuaries]] and [[Ancient Greek temple|temples]] dedicated to Greek gods and goddesses, one of the main markers of a true Greek city in the [[empire of Alexander the Great]] was the presence of an [[odeon (building)|odeon]] for [[Concert|musical performances]].<ref name="worthington 2014 183 186"/> This was the case not only for [[Alexandria]] in [[History of Egypt|Egypt]], but also for cities as distant as [[Ai-Khanoum]] in what is now modern-day [[History of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]].<ref name="worthington 2014 183 186">{{harvnb|Worthington|2014|pp=183, 186}}.</ref>