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A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama

Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature, Band 2 2. Aufl.

von: Ian C. Storey, Arlene Allan
39,99 €
Verlag:	Wiley-Blackwell
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	08.11.2013
ISBN/EAN:	9781118455142
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	352

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Titelbeschreibung

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. <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>

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the First Edition xi Preface to the Second Edition xiii List of Figures xv List of Maps and Plans xvi Abbreviations and Signs xvii 1 Aspects of Ancient Greek Drama 1 Drama 1 The Dramatic Festivals 13 The Theatrical Space 24 The Performance 36 Drama, Dionysos and the Polis 51 2 Greek Tragedy 73 On the Nature of Greek Tragedy 79 Aeschylus 93 Sophokles 110 Euripides 133 The Other Tragedians 153 3 The Satyr-Drama 159 Cyclops 170 4 Greek Comedy 173 Origins 173 Old Comedy (486 – ca. 385) 177 The Generations of Old Comedy 197 Aristophanes 210 Greek Comedy and the Phlyax-vases 219 Middle Comedy 221 Menander and New Comedy 226 5 Approaching Greek Drama 237 Formal Criticism 237 Interdisciplinary Approaches 241 Visual Interpretations 247 Reception Studies 252 6 Play Synopses 256 Aeschylus’ Persians 257 Aeschylus’ Seven against Thebes 258 Aeschylus’ Suppliants 259 Aeschylus’ Oresteia 260 Aeschylus’ Agamemnon 261 Aeschylus’ Libation-Bearers (Choephoroe) 262 Aeschylus’ Eumenides (Furies) 263 Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound 264 Sophokles’ Ajax 265 Sophokles’ Antigone 266 Sophokles’ Trachinian Women 267 Sophokles’ Oedipus Tyrannos 268 Sophokles’ Elektra 269 Sophokles’ Philoktetes 270 Sophokles’ Oedipus at Kolonos 271 Euripides’ Alkestis 272 Euripides’ Medea 273 Euripides’ Children of Herakles 274 Euripides’ Hippolytos 275 Euripides’ Andromache 276 Euripides’ Hecuba 277 Euripides’ Suppliant Women 278 Euripides’ Elektra 279 Euripides’ Herakles 280 Euripides’ Trojan Women 281 Euripides’ Iphigeneia among the Taurians 282 Euripides’ Ion 283 Euripides’ Helen 284 Euripides’ Phoenician Women 285 Euripides’ Orestes 286 Euripides’ Iphigeneia at Aulis 287 Euripides’ Bacchae 288 Euripides’ Cyclops 289 [Euripides’] Rhesos 290 Aristophanes’ Acharnians 291 Aristophanes’ Knights 292 Aristophanes’ Wasps 293 Aristophanes’ Peace 294 Aristophanes’ Clouds 295 Aristophanes’ Birds 296 Aristophanes’ Lysistrate 297 Aristophanes’ Women at the Thesmophoria 298 Aristophanes’ Frogs 299 Aristophanes’ Assembly-Women 300 Aristophanes’ Wealth 301 Menander’s The Grouch 302 Menander’s Samian Woman 303 A Note on Meter 304 Glossary of Names and Terms 307 Timeline 311 Further Reading 316 Index 324

Rezension

“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)

Autorenportrait

Ian C. Storey is Emeritus Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Trent University, Canada. The author of Eupolis: Poet of Old Comedy (2003), Euripides’ Suppliant Women (2008), and The Fragments of Old Comedy (2011), he has published numerous papers on Euripides, Old Comedy, and the fiction of C. S. Lewis. Arlene Allan is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics at Otago University, New Zealand, where she teaches ancient Greek literature and mythology, as well as ancient Greek and Latin.

Back cover copy

Revised and updated, this second edition of Wiley’s guide to ancient Greek drama offers a concise and accessible introduction. Essential material for any student of the Classics, the content combines utility with authority, covering all three genres – tragedy, comedy, and satyr-drama. It features keynote discussions of the five playwrights whose work survives, single-page synopses of every extant play, and entries on known authors whose work has been lost. Regarded as a progenitor of Western drama and literature more generally, Greek drama, which flourished from the sixth to the third century BC, is one of the cornerstones of Western culture. The text offers insights into ancient Greek drama’s political and cultural context and examines its core themes. In addition to critical essays on playwrights, the contents include material on the origins and conventions of drama, the theater, the performers, and the relationship between drama and the worship of Dionysos, the Greek god of ritual, wine, and festivity. The authors also provide helpful guidance about how to read, watch, and teach Greek drama.

Unpublished endorsement

“The discussion of the contexts of ancient Greek drama, its performance, ancient and modern, is thoroughgoing and scholarly. The synopses of the plays and interpretations are invaluable tools – a must on any scholar’s bookshelf.” --Robin Bond, University of Canterbury “Covering all the genres of Greek drama, and bringing in what is known about lost plays as well as those that we have, A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama, Second Edition is comprehensive, balanced, up-to-date, reliable and readable. It presents a huge amount of information, but in a distinctive and winning voice.” --Ruth Scodel, University of Michigan “With revised sections on Sophocles and politics, and new discussions of Reception and vase-painting, the second edition of this handbook will be helpful to both students and scholars.” --C.W. Marshall, University of British Columbia