A guide to ancient Greek drama
This edition features wide-ranging, systematically organized scholarship in a concise introduction to ancient Greek drama, which flourished from the sixth to third century BC. It covers all three genres of ancient Greek drama: tragedy, comedy, and satyr-drama. It also surveys the extant work of Aeschylus, Sophokles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander, and includes entries on lost playwrights. This book examines contextual issues such as the origins of dramatic art forms ; the conventions of …
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- Full title :A guide to ancient Greek drama / Ian C. Storey and Arlene Allan.
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This edition features wide-ranging, systematically organized scholarship in a concise introduction to ancient Greek drama, which flourished from the sixth to third century BC. It covers all three genres of ancient Greek drama: tragedy, comedy, and satyr-drama. It also surveys the extant work of Aeschylus, Sophokles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander, and includes entries on lost playwrights. This book 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. It also includes single-page synopses of every surviving ancient Greek play.
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- Publication Date:2014.
- Edition:Second edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
- Place of Publication:Malden, MA
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiv, 331 pages) : : illustrations, maps
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781118455142, 1118455142, 1118455118, 9781118455111
- oclc:ocn863157929
- LC Classification:PA3131
- Dewey Decimal:882/.0109
Table of Contents
Aspects of Ancient Greek Drama -- Greek Tragedy -- The Satyr-Drama -- Greek Comedy -- Approaching Greek Drama -- Play Synopses.
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