Guide to Ancient Greek Drama

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xList of Figures xiiList of Maps xiiiAbbreviations and Signs xiv1 Aspects of Ancient Greek Drama 1Drama 1The Dramatic Festivals 14Drama and Dionysos 24The Theatrical Space 34The Performance 46Drama and the Polis 612 Greek Tragedy 72On the Nature of Greek Tragedy 77Aeschylus 93Sophokles 111Euripides 131The Other Tragedians 1513 The Satyr-Play 1564 Greek Comedy 169Origins 169Old Comedy 173The Generations of Old Comedy 195Aristophanes 208Middle Comedy 217Menander and New Comedy 2215 Approaching Greek Drama 230Textual Criticism and Commentary 230New Criticism 231Structuralism 232Myth and "Version" 233Ritual and Drama 235Psychoanalytic Approaches 236Gender Studies 237Performance Criticism 2386 Play Synopses 241Aeschylus' Persians (Persae, Persai ) 243Aeschylus' Seven (Seven against Thebes) 244Aeschylus' Suppliants (Suppliant Women, Hiketides) 245Aeschylus' Oresteia 246Aeschylus' Agamemnon 247Aeschylus' Libation-Bearers (Choephoroe) 248Aeschylus' Eumenides (Furies) 249Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound (Prometheus Vinctus, Prometheus Desmotes) 250Sophokles' Ajax (Aias) 251Sophokles' Antigone 252Sophokles' Trachinian Women (Trachiniai, Women of Trachis) 253Sophokles' Oedipus Tyrannos (King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus the King) 254Sophokles' Elektra (Electra) 255Sophokles' Philoktetes (Philoctetes) 256Sophokles' Oedipus at Kolonos (Colonus) 257Euripides' Alkestis (Alcestis) 258Euripides' Medea 259Euripides' Children of Herakles (Heraclidae, Herakleidai ) 260Euripides' Hippolytos 261Euripides' Andromache 262Euripides' Hecuba (Hekabe) 263Euripides' Suppliant Women (Suppliants, Hiketides) 264Euripides' Elektra (Electra) 265Euripides' Herakles (Hercules Furens, The Madness of Herakles) 266Euripides' Trojan Women (Troades) 267Euripides' Iphigeneia among the Taurians (Iphigeneia in Tauris) 268Euripides' Ion 269Euripides' Helen 270Euripides' Phoenician Women (Phoinissai ) 271Euripides' Orestes 272Euripides' Iphigeneia at Aulis 273Euripides' Bacchae (Bacchants) 274Euripides' Cyclops 275[Euripides'] Rhesos 276Aristophanes' Acharnians 277Aristophanes' Knights (Hippeis, Equites, Horsemen) 278Aristophanes' Wasps (Sphekes, Vespae) 279Aristophanes' Peace (Pax, Eirene) 280Aristophanes' Clouds (Nubes, Nephelai) 281Aristophanes' Birds (Ornithes, A...

List of contents

Preface x
 
List of Figures xii
 
List of Maps xiii
 
Abbreviations and Signs xiv
 
1 Aspects of Ancient Greek Drama 1
 
Drama 1
 
The Dramatic Festivals 14
 
Drama and Dionysos 24
 
The Theatrical Space 34
 
The Performance 46
 
Drama and the Polis 61
 
2 Greek Tragedy 72
 

On the Nature of Greek Tragedy 77
 
Aeschylus 93
 
Sophokles 111
 
Euripides 131
 
The Other Tragedians 151
 
3 The Satyr-Play 156
 
4 Greek Comedy 169
 
Origins 169
 
Old Comedy 173
 
The Generations of Old Comedy 195
 
Aristophanes 208
 
Middle Comedy 217
 
Menander and New Comedy 221
 
5 Approaching Greek Drama 230
 
Textual Criticism and Commentary 230
 
New Criticism 231
 
Structuralism 232
 
Myth and "Version" 233
 
Ritual and Drama 235
 
Psychoanalytic Approaches 236
 
Gender Studies 237
 
Performance Criticism 238
 
6 Play Synopses 241
 
Aeschylus' Persians (Persae, Persai ) 243
 
Aeschylus' Seven (Seven against Thebes) 244
 
Aeschylus' Suppliants (Suppliant Women, Hiketides) 245
 
Aeschylus' Oresteia 246
 
Aeschylus' Agamemnon 247
 
Aeschylus' Libation-Bearers (Choephoroe) 248
 
Aeschylus' Eumenides (Furies) 249
 
Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound (Prometheus Vinctus, Prometheus Desmotes) 250
 
Sophokles' Ajax (Aias) 251
 
Sophokles' Antigone 252
 
Sophokles' Trachinian Women (Trachiniai, Women of Trachis) 253
 
Sophokles' Oedipus Tyrannos (King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus the King) 254
 
Sophokles' Elektra (Electra) 255
 
Sophokles' Philoktetes (Philoctetes) 256
 
Sophokles' Oedipus at Kolonos (Colonus) 257
 
Euripides' Alkestis (Alcestis) 258
 
Euripides' Medea 259
 
Euripides' Children of Herakles (Heraclidae, Herakleidai ) 260
 
Euripides' Hippolytos 261
 
Euripides' Andromache 262
 
Euripides' Hecuba (Hekabe) 263
 
Euripides' Suppliant Women (Suppliants, Hiketides) 264
 
Euripides' Elektra (Electra) 265
 
Euripides' Herakles (Hercules Furens, The Madness of Herakles) 266
 
Euripides' Trojan Women (Troades) 267
 
Euripides' Iphigeneia among the Taurians (Iphigeneia in Tauris) 268
 
Euripides' Ion 269
 
Euripides' Helen 270
 
Euripides' Phoenician Women (Phoinissai ) 271
 
Euripides' Orestes 272
 
Euripides' Iphigeneia at Aulis 273
 
Euripides' Bacchae (Bacchants) 274
 
Euripides' Cyclops 275
 
[Euripides'] Rhesos 276
 
Aristophanes' Acharnians 277
 
Aristophanes' Knights (Hippeis, Equites, Horsemen) 278
 
Aristophanes' Wasps (Sphekes, Vespae) 279
 
Aristophanes' Peace (Pax, Eirene) 280
 
Aristophanes' Clouds (Nubes, Nephelai) 281
 
Aristophanes' Birds (Ornithes, Aves) 282
 
Aristophanes' Lysistrate 283
 
Aristophanes' Women at the Thesmophoria (Thesmophoriazousai ) 284
 
Aristophanes' Frogs (Ranae, Batrachoi ) 285
 
Aristophanes' Assembly-Women (Ekklesiazousai ) 286
 
Aristophanes' Wealth (Ploutos) 287
 
Menander's The Grouch (Old Cantankerous, Dyskolos) 288
 
Menander's Samian Woman (Samia) or Marriage-contract 289
 
A Note on Meter 290
 
Glossary of Names and Terms 293
 
Further Reading 296
 
Index 305

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"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)

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• Authors: ALLAN, Arlene Allan, Arlene (Otago University Allan, Allan Arlene, Storey, Ian Storey, Ian C Storey, Ian C. Storey, Ian C. (Trent University Storey, Ian C. Allan Storey, IC Storey, Storey Ian C.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.12.2013
• EAN: 9781118455128
• ISBN: 978-1-118-45512-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature; Blackwell Guides to Classical; Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Literaturwissenschaft, Literaturgeschichte, Drama, Literature, Dramen, Classical Studies, Humanistische Studien, Klassische griechische Literatur, Classical Greek Literature