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A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama (Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature)

Name: A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama (Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature)
ISBN: 9781405102148

Ian C. Storey, Arlene Allan

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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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Fiction

Year:

2005

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Publisher:

Wiley-Blackwell

Language:

english

Pages:

328

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