A Companion to Greek Tragedy / / John Ferguson.
This handbook provides students and scholars with a highly readable yet detailed analysis of all surviving Greek tragedies and satyr plays. John Ferguson places each play in its historical, political, and social context—important for both Athenian and modern audiences—and he displays a keen, discrim...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1972 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (636 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- I BACKGROUND
- 1. ORIGINS
- 2. THE AUDIENCE AND THE THEATER
- II THE TRAGEDIES OF AESCHYLUS
- 3. AESCHYLUS
- 4. THE MEN OF PERSIA
- 5. SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
- 6. THE SUPPLIANT WOMEN
- 7. AGAMEMNON
- 8. THE LIBATION BEARERS
- 9. THE KINDLY GODDESSES
- 10. PROMETHEUS BOUND
- III THE TRAGEDIES OF SOPHOCLES
- 11. SOPHOCLES
- 12. AJAX
- 13. THE WOMEN OF TRACHIS
- 14. ANTIGONE
- 15. KING OEDIPUS
- 16. PHILOCTETES
- 17. OEDIPUS AT COLONUS
- IV THE TRAGEDIES OF EURIPIDES
- 18. EURIPIDES
- 19. MEDEA
- 20. HERACLES'S CHILDREN
- 21. HIPPOLYTUS
- 22. HECABE
- 23. THE SUPPLIANT WOMEN
- 24. ANDROMACHE
- 25. THE WOMEN OF TROY
- 26. ION
- 27. HERACLES
- 28. ELECTRA
- 29. IPHIGENEIA AMONG THE TAURIANS
- 30. HELEN
- 31. THE WOMEN OF PHOENICIA
- 32. IPHIGENEIA AT AULIS
- 33. THE BACCHANTS
- V AN ANONYMOUS TRAGEDY
- 34. RHESUS
- VI SATYRIC AND PRO-SATYRIC PLAYS
- 35. THE SATYR PLAY
- 36. SOPHOCLES: THE TRACKERS
- 37. EURIPIDES: ALCESTIS
- 38. EURIPIDES: THE CYCLOPS
- 39. SOPHOCLES: ELECTRA
- 40. EURIPIDES: ORESTES
- GREEK VOCABULARY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX