Greek myth-makers crafted the downfall of Troy and its rulers into an archetypal illustration of ruthless conquest, deceit, crime and punishment, and the variability of human fortunes. This book examines the major episodes in this archetypal myth - the murder of Priam, the rape …
Greek myth-makers crafted the downfall of Troy and its rulers into an archetypal illustration of ruthless conquest, deceit, crime and punishment, and the variability of human fortunes. This book examines the major episodes in this archetypal myth - the murder of Priam, the rape …
Athenian potters and painters: the conference proceedings
by Boardman, John, Palagia, Olga, Simon, Erika, Oakley, John Howard, Coulson, William D. E., Athenian Potters and Painters, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Athenian Potters and Painters, Athen)
fromOxbow monograph
This book explores the persona of the artist in Archaic and Classical Greek art and literature. Guy Hedreen argues that artistic subjectivity, first expressed in Athenian vase-painting of the sixth century BCE and intensively explored by Euphronios, developed alongside a self-co…
Setting the scenes -- The pots -- Aeschylus -- Sophocles -- Euripides -- Fragments of Euripides -- Unknown tragedies -- Index of vases
"Although Greek tragedy usually generates greater popularity and interest than comedy, past studies of the depiction on ceramic vases of theater scenes have mostly concentrated on comedies. A significant proportion of the vases with depictions of tragedy has been first published…
