Bibliograph

A guide to ancient Greek drama, Ian C. Storey and Arlene Allan

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A guide to ancient Greek drama, Ian C. Storey and Arlene Allan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A guide to ancient Greek drama

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

857717679

Responsibility statement

Ian C. Storey and Arlene Allan

Series statement

Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature

Summary

This edition features wide-ranging, systematically organized scholarship in a concise introduction to ancient Greek drama, which flourished from the sixth to third century BC. It covers all three genres of ancient Greek drama: tragedy, comedy, and satyr-drama. It also surveys the extant work of Aeschylus, Sophokles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander, and includes entries on lost playwrights. This book 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. It also includes single-page synopses of every surviving ancient Greek play

Table Of Contents

Aspects of Ancient Greek Drama -- Greek Tragedy -- The Satyr-Drama -- Greek Comedy -- Approaching Greek Drama -- Play Synopses

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