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This newly updated second edition features wide-ranging, systematically organized scholarship in a concise introduction to ancient Greek drama, which flourished from the sixth to third century BC.

  • Covers all three genres of ancient Greek drama – tragedy, comedy, and satyr-drama
  • Surveys the extant work of Aeschylus, Sophokles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander, and includes entries on ‘lost’ playwrights
  • Examines contextual issues such as the origins of dramatic art forms; the conventions of the festivals and the theater; drama’s relationship with the worship of Dionysos; political dimensions of drama; and how to read and watch Greek drama
  • Includes single-page synopses of every surviving ancient Greek play

A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama

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Paperback / softback by Ian C. Storey , Arlene Allan

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 24/12/2013
    ISBN13: 9781118455128, 978-1118455128
    ISBN10: 1118455126

    Number of Pages: 352

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    This newly updated second edition features wide-ranging, systematically organized scholarship in a concise introduction to ancient Greek drama, which flourished from the sixth to third century BC.

    • Covers all three genres of ancient Greek drama – tragedy, comedy, and satyr-drama
    • Surveys the extant work of Aeschylus, Sophokles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander, and includes entries on ‘lost’ playwrights
    • Examines contextual issues such as the origins of dramatic art forms; the conventions of the festivals and the theater; drama’s relationship with the worship of Dionysos; political dimensions of drama; and how to read and watch Greek drama
    • Includes single-page synopses of every surviving ancient Greek play

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