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In exploring the characters and the situations of the plays he has chosen, the author transports his reader to the world of fifth-century B.C. Greece, and establishes the relevance of that world to our own experience.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • A Note on the Translations
  • Seven Against Thebes: The Tragedy of War
  • Prometheus Bound: Tragedy or Treatise
  • Bacchae and Ion: Tragedy and Religion
  • Ajax: Tragedy and Time
  • Alcestis: Character and Death

The Masks of Tragedy Essays on Six Greek Dramas

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/06/1963
      ISBN13: 9780292741614, 978-0292741614
      ISBN10: 0292741618

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In exploring the characters and the situations of the plays he has chosen, the author transports his reader to the world of fifth-century B.C. Greece, and establishes the relevance of that world to our own experience.

      Table of Contents
      • Foreword
      • A Note on the Translations
      • Seven Against Thebes: The Tragedy of War
      • Prometheus Bound: Tragedy or Treatise
      • Bacchae and Ion: Tragedy and Religion
      • Ajax: Tragedy and Time
      • Alcestis: Character and Death

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