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A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama

Author Ian Storey

Format Paperback

Publisher Wiley-Blackwell

Category Literary Criticism

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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.

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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781405102155

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