Did Greek tragedy die along with Euripides? This accessible survey demonstrates that this is far from being the case. In it, thirteen eminent specialists offer, for the first time in English, broad coverage of a little-studied but essential part of the history of Greek tragedy. The book contains in-depth discussions of all available textual evidence (including inscriptions and papyri), but also provides historical perspectives on every aspect of the post-fifth-century history of tragedy. Oft-neglected plays, such as Rhesus, Alexandra, and Exagōgē (the only surviving Biblical tragedy), are studied alongside such topics as the expansion of Greek tragedy beyond Athens, theatre performance, music and dance, society and politics, as well as the reception of Greek tragedy in the Second Sophistic and in Late Antiquity, and the importance of ancient scholarship in the transmission of Greek tragic texts.
Author(s): Vayos Liapis; Antonis K Petrides
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 428
FM......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Figures and Tables......Page 7
Contributors......Page 8
Preface......Page 11
Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 15
1. Greek Tragedy in the Fourth Century: The Fragments......Page 37
2. The Rhesus......Page 78
3. Hellenistic Tragedy and Satyr-Drama; Lycophron’s Alexandra......Page 102
4. The Exagōgē of Ezekiel the Tragedian......Page 137
5. Beyond Athens - The Expansion of Greek Tragedy from the Fourth Century Onwards......Page 159
6. Theatre Performance After the Fifth Century......Page 190
7. Music and Dance in Tragedy After the Fifth Century......Page 214
8. The Fifth Century and After (Dis)Continuities in Greek Tragedy......Page 253
9. Society and Politics in Post-Fifth-Century Tragedy......Page 280
10. Attitudes Towards Tragedy from the Second Sophistic to Late Antiquity......Page 305
11. Scholars and Scholarship on Tragedy......Page 332
Bibliography......Page 358
Index Locorum......Page 400
General Index......Page 411
