A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama: 4 (Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature) - Softcover

Whether the student has a good grasp of the language, or little (even none), they will find this an invaluable source book and study aid. It will help students of classical literature to understand the context and content of ancient Greek drama more thoroughly and more productively. Although not stated as an aim of the book, it will also help students of related subjects who need some instruction in or background to ancient Greek drama. (Reference Reviews, 1 October 2014)

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