num_pages: 392
description: This book presents ancient Greek tragedy in the context of late-twentieth-century reading, criticism and performance. The twelve chapters, written by seven distinguished scholars, cover tragedy as an institution in the civic life of ancient Athens, a range of approaches to the surviving plays, and changing patterns of reception, adaptation and performance from antiquity to the present.
language: English
title: The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy
titlecomplete: The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy
genres: Theatre, Classics, Drama, History, Classical Studies, Literary Criticism, Criticism, Reference, Nonfiction, Academic
ratings_count: 84
publisher: Cambridge University Press