In lively and thorough summaries of the major works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, Zimmermann examines such topics as techniques of characterization, conditions and conventions of stage performances, musical and metrical aspects, and the religious and political content of the plays.
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Zimmermann analyzes the most famous works of the playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides against what he considers the "backdrop . . . against which Greek tragedy must be understood": the play as an entry in a contest of dramatic performances forming part of a religious festival honoring Dionysus, the relationship between politics and art in fifth-century B.C. Athens, and the fact that no other playwrights survive intact. While the analyses are sound, Zimmermann treads an already well-worn path. Only the largest university collections will want to add this work. For institutions with limited book funds or without a graduate program in classical studies, The Cambridge History of Classical Literature , Vol. 1: Greek Literature ( LJ 12/85) will suffice.
- Marjorie F. MacKenzie, Seattle
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Marjorie F. MacKenzie, Seattle
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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There are many short works on Greek tragedy, but Zimmermann offers something different from any of them, something that I think of as indispensable to any honest work on the subject. He is not out to persuade us to read Greek tragedy. He is out to describe what is at present known about it. This he does with a truly amazing concision and clarity, leaving no base untouched. Nothing available in English can compare with this book as a brief, well-balanced, and authoritative introduction.
(C. John Herington, Yale University )
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In Aristophanes' Frogs, which was produced in 405 B.C., the god Dionysus descends to the underworld with the intention of restoring to Athens his favorite poet, Euripides, who had died the year before. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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In Aristophanes' Frogs, which was produced in 405 B.C., the god Dionysus descends to the underworld with the intention of restoring to Athens his favorite poet, Euripides, who had died the year before. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
palintonos harmonia, satyr drama, tragic competition, tragic performance, iambic trimeter, form the chorus, choral song, satyr play Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Oedipus the King, Peloponnesian War, Children of Heracles, Great Dionysia, Suppliant Women, Aeschylus's Persians, New Comedy, Aeschylus's Seven, New York, Prometheus Bound, Aristophanes of Byzantium, City Dionysia, The Cambridge History of Classical Literature, Trojan War New!
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