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Zusatztext This book is indispensable for the serious student of ancient Greek tragedy. Classicist often bemoan how few plays by still fewer tragedians survive! yet for too long we've largely ignored the precious fragmentary evidence for other plays by other poets. This book will change that. With lucid and expert essays! commentaries and chronologies! Matthew Wright opens up a whole new world of ancient Greek tragedy to the student and expert alike. Informationen zum Autor Matthew Wright is Professor of Greek at the University of Exeter, UK. He has published widely on Greek tragedy and comedy, including The Lost Plays of Greek Tragedy (Volume 2): Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides (Bloomsbury, 2018), The Lost Plays of Greek Tragedy (Volume 1): Neglected Authors (Bloomsbury, 2016) and The Comedian as Critic (Bloomsbury, 2012).The first study to bring together the latest research into the lost works of ancient Greek tragedy; volume 1 discusses lesser known playwrights whereas volume 2 looks at Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. Zusammenfassung Numerous books have been written about Greek tragedy, but almost all of them are concerned with the 32 plays that still survive. This book, by contrast, concentrates on the plays that no longer exist. Hundreds of tragedies were performed in Athens and further afield during the classical period, and even though nearly all are lost, a certain amount is known about them through fragments and other types of evidence. Matthew Wright offers an authoritative two-volume critical introduction and guide to the lost tragedies. This first volume examines the remains of works by playwrights such as Phrynichus, Agathon, Neophron, Critias, Astydamas, Chaeremon, and many others who have been forgotten or neglected. (Volume 2 explores the lost works of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.)What types of evidence exist for lost tragedies, and how might we approach this evidence? How did these plays become lost or incompletely preserved? How can we explain why all tragedians except Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides became neglected or relegated to the status of ‘minor’ poets? What changes and continuities can be detected in tragedy after the fifth century BC? Can the study of lost works and neglected authors change our views of Greek tragedy as a genre? This book answers such questions through a detailed study of the fragments in their historical and literary context. Including English versions of previously untranslated fragments as well as in-depth discussion of their significance, The Lost Plays of Greek Tragedy makes these works accessible for the first time. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsPrologueA genre in fragments'Minor' tragedians and the canonTypes of evidence'Reading' lost worksNote on the plan and structure of this volumeNote on the conventions and abbreviations1.The Earliest TragediesSubmerged literature and the origins of tragedyThespisChoerilusPratinasPhrynichus2. Some Fifth-Century TragediansIon and AchaeusNeophronAristarchusTheognisDiogenes of AthensCritias3. AgathonLife and careerArt and Life: The evidence of Aristophanic comedyAgathon's styleAphorisms and quotation cultureAgathon's originalityThe plays4. Tragic family treesIophonSophocles the YoungerAristiasEuripides I and IIPolyphrasmonEuphorion and EuaeonPhiloclesMorismusAstydamas the ElderPhilocles the YoungerAstydamas the YoungerCarcinus the ElderXenoclesCarcinus the Younger5. Some Fourth-Century Tragedians ChaeremonDionysiusAntiphonDicaeogenesPatroclesCleaenetusPolyidusDiogenes of SinopeTheodectes6. The Very LostTragedians attested in literary sourcesTragedians in epigraphic sources Less securely attested tragediansEpilogueAppendix 1: TranslationsAppendix 2: GlossaryAppendix 3: ChronologyAppendix 4: Guide to further reading and resourcesBibliography of works citedIndex...
