Beschreibung:
This newly updated second edition features wide-ranging,systematically organized scholarship in a concise introduction toancient Greek drama, which flourished from the sixth to thirdcentury 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 artforms; the conventions of the festivals and the theater;drama's relationship with the worship of Dionysos; politicaldimensions of drama; and how to read and watch Greek drama* Includes single-page synopses of every surviving ancient Greekplay