A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama

<p>This newly updated second edition features wide-ranging, systematically organized scholarship in a concise introduction to ancient Greek drama, which flourished from the sixth to third century BC.</p> <ul> <li>Covers all three genres of ancient Greek drama – tragedy, comedy, and satyr-drama</li> <li>Surveys the extant work of Aeschylus, Sophokles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander, and includes entries on ‘lost’ playwrights</li> <li>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</li> <li>Includes single-page synopses of every surviving ancient Greek play</li> </ul>