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Overview
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.
- Covers all three genres of ancient Greek drama - tragedy, comedy, and satyr-drama
- Surveys the extant work of Aeschylus, Sophokles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander, and includes entries on 'lost' playwrights
- 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
- Includes single-page synopses of every surviving ancient Greek play
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- ISBN-13: 9781118455128
- ISBN-10: 1118455126
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- Publish Date: January 2014
- Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.7 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.15 pounds
- Page Count: 352
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