A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Drama, Greek & Roman, Fiction & Literature
| Author: | Ian C. Storey, Arlene Allan | ISBN: | 9781118455111 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | November 8, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ian C. Storey, Arlene Allan |
| ISBN: | 9781118455111 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | November 8, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
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
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
