num_pages: 462
description: Greek tragedy, the fountainhead of all western drama, is widely read by students in a variety of disciplines. Segal here presents twenty-nine of the finest modern essays on the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. All Greek has been translated, but the original footnotes have been retained. Contributors include Anne Burnett, E.R. Dodds, Bernard M.W. Knox, Hugh Lloyd-Jones, Karl Reinhardt, Jacqueline de Romilly, Bruno Snell, Jean-Pierre Vernant and Cedric Whitman.
language: English
title: Oxford Readings in Greek Tragedy
titlecomplete: Oxford Readings in Greek Tragedy (Oxford Readings in Classical Studies)
genres: Drama
ratings_count: 17
publisher: Oxford University Press