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Greek Drama and Dramatists [Paperback]

Alan H. Sommerstein (Author)

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Publication Date: February 24, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0415260280 | ISBN-13: 978-0415260282

The history of European drama began at the festivals of Dionysus in ancient Athens, where tragedy, satyr-drama and comedy were performed. Understanding this background is vital for students of classical, literary and theatrical subjects, and Alan H. Sommerstein's accessible study is the ideal introduction. The book begins by looking at the social and theatrical contexts and different characteristics of the three genres of ancient Greek drama. It then examines the five main dramatists whose works survive - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes and Menander - discussing their styles, techniques and ideas, and giving short synopses of all their extant plays. Additional helpful features include succinct coverage of almost sixty other authors, a chronology of significant people and events, and an anthology of translated texts, all of which have been previously inaccessible to students. An up-to-date study bibliography of further reading concludes the volume. Clear, concise and comprehensive, and written by an acknowledged expert in the field, Greek Drama and Dramatists will be a valuable orientation text at both sixth form and undergraduate level.

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'A superb sourcebook for the study of the Greek Theatre and its practitioners. This is an essential ... purchase for the school library or classics resource centre.' – JACT Review

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Greek --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Routledge (February 24, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415260280
ISBN-13: 978-0415260282
Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
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Ancient Greek drama comprises three principal genres: tragedy, satyr-drama and comedy. Read the first page

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tragic competition, unknown play, tragic choruses, tragic dramatists, substantial fragments, surviving play, comic dramatists, three tragedies, choral songs, third actor, horrific act

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City Dionysia, Old Comedy, Middle Comedy, Oedipus the King, Persian Wars, Four Hundred, Classical Quarterly, Demetrius of Phalerum, Ion of Chios, Old Comic, The Bacchae, The Wasps, Byzantine Empire, Mount Cithaeron, The Acharnians, The Knights, Theatre of Dionysus, Zeus the Saviour, Journal of Hellenic Studies

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New Comedy: Women in Power , Wealth , The Malcontent , The Woman from Samos (Ekklesiazousai/Wealth/the Malcontent/the Woman from Samos/4 Plays in 1 Volume) by Aristophanes on 10 pages
Greek Drama by Aeschylus in Front Matter, page 77, and page 175
Prometheus Bound (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) by Aeschylus on page 33, page 38, and page 173
Greek Tragedy (Drama Classics) by Sophocles Sophocles on page 175, page 177, and page 178
Suppliant Women (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) by Euripides on page 57, and page 81

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Sophocles: Electra (Duckworth Companions to Greek & Roman Tragedy) by Michael Lloyd in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Sophocles: Philoctetes (Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy) by Hanna Roisman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Euripides: Herakles (Duckworth Companions to Greek & Roman Tragedy) by Emma Griffiths in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Greek Drama and Dramatists by Alan H. Sommerstein in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
Classical Literature: A Concise History (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World) by Richard Rutherford in Back Matter

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