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" Greek drama and dramatists / "
Alan H. Sommerstein.
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BL
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988985
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b743355
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Theatron.English
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Sommerstein, Alan H.
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Greek drama and dramatists /\ Alan H. Sommerstein.
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2002.
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ix, 192 pages ;; 22 cm
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0203424980
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: 0415260272
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: 0415260280
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: 9780203424988
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: 9780415260275
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: 9780415260282
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-180) and index.
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1. History of the dramatic genres -- Introduction -- Festival, theatre, performance -- Tragedy -- Satyr-drama -- Old comedy -- Middle and new comedy -- 2. The authors -- Aeschylus -- Life and works -- Surviving plays -- Profile -- Sophocles -- Life and works -- Surviving plays -- Profile -- Euripides -- Life and works -- Surviving plays -- Profile -- Minor tragic poets -- Aristophanes -- Life and works -- Surviving plays -- Profile -- Menander -- Life and works -- Surviving plays -- Profile -- Minor comic poets -- 3. Chronology of Greek drama -- 4. Anthology of texts -- Production records -- Fasti -- Didaskaliai -- Nikai -- Didascalic hypotheses -- Aeschylus' Suppliants and companion plays -- Aristophanes' Frogs -- Synopses of lost plays -- Euripides' Stheneboea -- Cratinus' DionysaIexandros -- Aeschylus -- The Persians, II. 796-831 -- Seven against Thebes, II. 631-676 -- Agamemnon, II. 160-217 -- Choephoroi, II. 869-930 -- Sophocles -- Ajax, ll. 646-692 -- Antigone, II. 332-375 -- Oedipus the King, ll. 1119-1185 -- Electra, II. 1126-1170 -- Euripides -- Medea, ll. 465-519 -- The Trojan Women, II. 308-340 -- Helen, ll. 437-482 -- The Bacchae, II. 370-430 -- The Cyclops, II. 519-589 -- Minor tragedians -- Euphorion, Prometheus Bound, II. 907-940 -- Critias, Sisyphus, fr. 19.1-40 -- Chaeremon, Oeneus, fr. 14 -- Theodectas (unknown play), fr. 8 -- Moschion (unknown play), fr. 9 -- Anonymous, Candaules and Gyges, fr. 664.18-32 -- from Tragica Adespota -- Ezechiel, Exagoge, II. 1-58 -- Aristophanes -- The Acharnians, ll. 43-133 -- The Wasps, ll. 1015-1059 -- The Birds, II. 209-262 -- The Women at the Thesmophoria, II. 1098-1135 -- Menander -- The Curmudgeon (DyskoIos), ll. 189-232 -- The Arbitration (Epitrepontes), II. 218-360 -- Shorn (Perikeiromene), II. 486-525 -- The Necklace (Plokion), fr. 296.1-16 -- Unknown play, fr. 602.1-18 -- Unknown play, fr. 804 -- Minor comedians -- Telecleides, The Amphictyons, fr. 1-- Cratinus, Cheirones, frs 258 and 259 -- Eupolis, The Flatterers (Kolakes), fr. 172 -- Plato, Phaon, fr. 188.5-21 -- Antiphanes, Poetry (Poiesis), fr. 189 -- Epicrates (unknown play), fr. 10 -- Alexis, Linus, fr. 140 -- Philippides, The Lover of Euripides (Phileuripides), fr. 25 -- Philemon, The Soldier (Stratiotes), fr. 82 -- Anonymous, fr. 1000 from Comica Adespota -- 5. Testimonia -- Aeschylus -- Sophocles -- Euripides -- Aristophanes -- Menander -- 6. Select further reading -- Texts and translations -- Drama and theatre -- Drama and society -- Tragedy and satyr-drama -- Individual tragic dramatists -- Aristophanes and old comedy -- Middle comedy -- Menander and new comedy.
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| Abstract
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The history of European drama began at the festivals of Dionysus in ancient Athens, where tragedy, satyr-drama and comedy were performed. Understanding this background is vital for students of classical, literary and theatrical subjects, and Alan H. Sommerstein's accessible study is the ideal introduction. The book begins by looking at the social and theatrical contexts and different characteristics of the three genres of ancient Greek drama. It then examines the five main dramatists whose works survive - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes and Menander - discussing their styles, techniques and ideas, and giving short synopses of all their extant plays.
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Greek drama-- History and criticism.
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Theater-- Greece-- History-- To 500.
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Drama
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Dramatiker
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Greek drama-- History and criticism.
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Greek drama.
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Griechisch
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Theater-- Greece.
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Theater.
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Drama.
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Griekse oudheid.
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Toneelstukken.
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Greece.
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Greece.
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Griechisch.
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| Dewey Classification
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882/.0109
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PA3131.S6613 2002
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18.43bcl
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882
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FE 4351rvk
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