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The latest volume in the Classical World series, this book offers a much-needed up-to-date introduction to Greek tragedy, and covers the most important thematic topics studied at school or university level. After a brief analysis of the genre and main figures, it focuses on the broader questions of what defines tragedy, what its particular preoccupations are, and what makes these texts so widely studied and performed more than 2, 000 years after they were written. As such, the book will be of interest to students taking broad courses on Greek tragedy, while also being suitable for the general reader who wants an overview of the subject. All passages of tragedy discussed are translated by the author and supplementary information includes a chronology of all the surviving tragedies, a glossary, and guidance on further reading.
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Information
Greek
Tragedy
4
(if
so,
they
would
have
likely
had
their
own
seating
area).
us
tragedy’s
audience
represented
a
cross-section
of
society,
and
this
was
certainly
not
a
genre
catering
only
for
an
educated
elite.
e
competitive
format
meant
that
tragedy
had
to
offer
something
to
all
tastes.
It
could
not
afford
to
alienate
the
less
educated
in
the
audience,
but
also
had
to
appeal
to
intellectuals
by
offering
them
something
new
and
challenging.
A
successful
tragedy
contained
spectacle
and
excitement,
but
was
also
thought-provoking.
Competition
also
drove
innovation,
and
the
poets
needed
to
set
themselves
apart
from
their
rivals
by
finding
ways
to
adapt
the
tragic
format
or
the
old
myths.
Conventions
and
formal
features
For
a
modern
audience
used
to
naturalistic
‘kitchen
sink’
dramas,
tragedy
is
a
highly
stylized
genre.
Its
basic
structure
consists
of
Figure
1.1
e
eatre
of
Dionysus
as
it
appears
today.
In
the
fiſth
century
bc,
the
seating
and
stage
buildings
were
made
of
wood.
(Photo
by
A.
Vergani/
De
Agostini
Picture
Library/Getty
Images.)
Table of contents
- Cover page
- Halftitle page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Tragedy as a Genre
- 2 Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides
- 3 Myth
- 4 Heroes
- 5 The Gods
- 6 Contemporary Thought
- 7 Gender and the Family
- 8 The Chorus
- Chronology
- Glossary of Greek and Technical Terms Used
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Index