num_pages: 144
description: The latest volume in the Classical World series this book offers a much-needed up-to-date introduction to Greek tragedy and covers the most important thematic topics studied at school or university level. After a brief analysis of the genre and main figures it focuses on the broader questions of what defines tragedy what its particular preoccupations are and what makes these texts so widely studied and performed more than 2000 years after they were written. As such the book will be of interest to students taking broad courses on Greek tragedy while also being suitable for the general reader who wants an overview of the subject.All passages of tragedy discussed are translated by the author and supplementary information includes a chronology of all the surviving tragedies a glossary and guidance on further reading.
language: None
title: Greek Tragedy: Themes and Contexts
publisher: Bloomsbury Academic