Choral Tragedy: Greek Poetics and Musical Ritual

by Claude Calame

Ever since Aristotle opened the discussion on the role of the chorus in Greek tragedy, theories of the chorus have continued to proliferate and provoke debate to this day. The tragic chorus had its own story to tell; it was a collective identity, speaking within and to a collective citizen body, acting as an instrument through which stories of other times and places were dramatized into resonant heroic narratives for contemporary Athens. By including...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316516253
• ISBN13: 9781316516256
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"