Der König Ödipus des Sophokles gehört zu den berühmtesten Tragödien der Antike. In der europäischen und auch außereuropäischen Literatur lässt sich eine vielfältige Wirkungsgeschichte nachweisen. Für Aristoteles galt das Drama geradezu als Mustertragödie, und bis in die Gegenwar…
Greek tragedy occupies a prominent place in the development of early Greek thought. However, even within the partial renaissance of debates about tragedy's roots in the popular thought of archaic Greece, its potential connection to the early philosophical tradition remains, with…
My research applies ancient Greek drama as a lens to examine gender, war, and the potential for catharsis and emotional healing through narrative engagement and situational recognition. Three modernised ancient Greek plays representing a multi-national approach to live performan…
In this dissertation, I extensively re-examine P. Mich. inv. 2958, a secondcentury-C.E. musical papyrus excavated by the University of Michigan at Karanis (Kom Aushim) in the Fayum, Egypt in 1924. In contrast to pre-existing scholarly opinion, I argue that this musical papyrus c…