Author(s): Ian C. Storey; Arlene Allan

Education

This Blackwell Guide introduces ancient Greek drama, which flourished principally in Athens from the sixth century BC to the third century BC.

• A broad-ranging and systematically organised introduction to ancient Greek drama.
  
• Discusses all three genres of Greek drama - tragedy, comedy, and satyr play.
  
• Provides overviews of the five surviving playwrights - Aeschylus, Sophokles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander, and brief entries on lost playwrights.
  
• Covers contextual issues such as: the origins of dramatic art forms; the conventions of the festivals and the theatre; the relationship between drama and the worship of Dionysos; the political dimension; and how to read and watch Greek drama.
  
• Includes 46 one-page synopses of each of the surviving plays.