Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This is an invaluable introduction to ancient Greek tragedy which discusses every surviving play in detail and provides all the background information necessary for understanding the context and content of the plays. Edith Hall argues that the essential feature of the genre is that it always depicts terrible human suffering and death, but in a way that invites philosophical enquiry into their causes and effects, This enquiry was played out in the bright sunlight of open-air theatre,which became a key marker of the boundary between living and dead. The first half of the book is divided into fou

Classical Greek literature --- Drama --- Greek drama (Tragedy) --- History and criticism --- History and criticism. --- Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism. --- Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures --- Languages & Literatures --- Greek drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Greek drama (Tragedy) --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- Greek drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism --- Tragédie grecque --- Pericles --- Athens (Greece) - Intellectual life --- Athens (Greece)

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Ancient Greek tragedy has been an inspiration to Western culture, but the way it was first performed has long remained in question. In 'The Theatricality of Greek Tragedy', Graham Ley provides an illuminating discussion of key issues relating to the use of the playing space and the nature of the chorus, offering a distinctive impression of the performance of Greek tragedy in the fifth century BCE. Drawing on evidence from the surviving texts of tragedies by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, Ley explains how scenes with actors were played in the open ground of the orchestra, often considered as exclusively the dancing place of the chorus. In reviewing what is known of the music and dance of Greek antiquity, Ley goes on to show that in the original productions the experience of the chorus& expressed in song and dance and in interaction with the characters& remained a vital characteristic in the performance of tragedy. Combining detailed analysis with broader reflections about the nature of ancient Greek tragedy as an art form, this volume& supplemented with a series of illustrative drawings and diagrams& will be a necessary addition to the bookshelf of anyone interested in literature, theater, or classical studies.

Drama --- Greek drama (Tragedy) --- Theater --- Technique. --- History and criticism. --- History --- Drama - Technique. --- Drama -- Technique. --- Greek drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism. --- Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism. --- heater -- Greece -- History -- To 500. --- Theater - Greece - History - To 500. --- Languages & Literatures --- Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures --- History and criticism --- Technique

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Poetry --- Classical Greek literature --- Drama --- Greek drama (Tragedy) --- Chorus (Greek drama) --- History and criticism --- History and criticism. --- Chorus (Greek drama). --- Drama - Chorus (Greek drama) --- Greek drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Greek drama (Tragedy) --- Grief in literature --- History and criticism --- Greece --- Civilization --- Grief in literature. --- History and criticism. --- To 146 B.C. --- Greek drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism. --- Théâtre (genre littéraire) grec. --- Tragédie grecque.