[DOC] [TLE] Greek Tragedy - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] Mar 16, 2013 ... The most famous playwrights of the genre were Aeschylus, Sophocles, and ... 
rites is contrasted against the moral right of a sister seeking to lay to rest her 
brother. ... The two types of Greek drama would be hugely popular and ... 
celebrated writers of tragedy plays in ancient Greece and his surviving works,... [DOC] [TLE] Aeschylus - Wikipedia [PAR] Aeschylus was an ancient Greek tragedian. His plays, alongside those of 
Sophocles and Euripides, are the only works of Classical Greek literature to have 
survived. He is often described as the father of tragedy: critics' and scholars' ... 
The significance of war in Ancient Greek culture was so great that Aeschylus' 
epitaph... [DOC] [TLE] Sophocles | Greek dramatist | Britannica.com [PAR] Mar 31, 2015 ... With Aeschylus and Euripides, one of classical Athens' three great tragic ... 
Colonus, ancient Greece ... These few facts are about all that is known of 
Sophocles' life. .... Ajax is generally regarded as the earliest of the extant plays. 
.... In this play, however, the main focus is on Orestes' sister Electra and her... [DOC] [TLE] 206 Classical Greek Theatre, Classical Drama and Theatre [PAR] SECTION 2: CLASSICAL GREEK TRAGEDY AND THEATRE ... The elder of the 
later pair, Sophocles is often seen as the best playwright of the threein the .... 
There is no ancient theatre extant which does not preserve or have room for the 
.... In the course of Euripides' play, Orestes is driven to despair because no one 
will... [DOC] [TLE] Study Guide for Elektra, Fall 2008 - Randolph College [PAR] A few suggestions on ways into the play and Greek drama. ... Study Guide for the 
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at the festival, each presenting three tragedies and a satyr .... Chrysothemis: 
Elektra and Orestes' sister, who has come to terms with living in Klytemnestra's 
house. [DOC] [TLE] The Greek Theatre Part Two:: Spotlight: E-News from Theatrefolk [PAR] This month we look the known Ancient Greek playwrights of tragedy: ... It's always 
important to go back and study the beginning. ... He wrote the Orestes, the only 
surviving trilogy (one story over three plays, ... Helen's sister. ..... Rumours 
abound regarding Euripides' life (480-406 BC) and there are few concrete details
. [DOC] [TLE] Drama: The Greek Theatre and Three Athenian ... - Watson.org [PAR] The Book of the Ancient Greeks, Chapter XIV: The Greek Theatre ... In one play of 
Euripides, a terrible scene of tragedy was followed by a song in which ... The 
great dramatic festival of Athens was held in the spring in the theatre of Dionysus 
... dramatists and acted on this Athenian stage more than two thousand years ago
. [DOC] [TLE] GREEK TRAGIC POETS INDEX 1 - Theoi Classical Texts Library [PAR] The most important of the tragedians, according to the ancient critics, were:-- ... 
C5th B.C. Athens. Five of the Canon: 1. Aeschylus 2. Euripides 3. Sophocles ..... 
except a few lines and the titles of three of his plays namely, the Asklepios, which 
he .... An Athenian tragic poet, the sister's son of Aeschylus; his father's name was
... [DOC] [TLE] Agamemnon Study Guide [PAR] Aug 11, 2005 ... 2. Satyr play--the leader of the chorus represented someone other than ... A 
number of plays surviving from fifth century Athens are based on ... sister of Helen
; mother of Electra, Iphigenia and Orestes; lover of ... The Furies are the mythic 
enforcerers of ancient blood vengeance law, for whom the greatest... [DOC] [TLE] Shakespeare's Greek Drama Secret - Cambridge Scholars Publishing [PAR] Introduction II: Shakespeare's Greek Drama Secret............... 3 ... Orestes, Alcestis, 
Phoenecian Maidens, The Suppliants, .... Greek Drama of ancient Athens. ... a 
few of his contemporaries as well. He did ... of the 44 extant Athenian plays to 
enhance almost all of his .... This first great playwright concerned himself also 
with

Question: Of the few extant plays from the great ancient playwrights, 2 are about this sister of Orestes
Answer: Electra