A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama
Author(s): Ian C. Storey; Arlene Allan
This Blackwell Guide introduces ancient Greek drama, which flourished principally in Athens from the sixth century BC to the third century BC.
- A broad-ranging and systematically organised introduction to ancient Greek drama.
- Discusses all three genres of Greek drama - tragedy, comedy, and satyr play.
- Provides overviews of the five surviving playwrights - Aeschylus, Sophokles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander, and brief entries on lost playwrights.
- Covers contextual issues such as: the origins of dramatic art forms; the conventions of the festivals and the theatre; the relationship between drama and the worship of Dionysos; the political dimension; and how to read and watch Greek drama.
- Includes 46 one-page synopses of each of the surviving plays.
Product Information
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- : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
- : Wiley-Blackwell
- : 0.001
- : 13 January 2014
- : 1.73 Centimeters X 17.22 Centimeters X 24.51 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Ian C. Storey; Arlene Allan
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 352