Oxford Readings in Greek Tragedy

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198721161
• ISBN13: 9780198721161
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

For all true lovers of Greek tragedy

This volume is an exciting collection of essays about the big three (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides) generally arranged in chronological order. The subjects are diverse: individual plays (e.g. Ajax), trilogies (Oresteia), and broader topics (e.g. character study in the plays of Sophocles). If you ready and study the Greek tragedies, this book will give you fascinating new insights. ALSO RECOMMENDED, "The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy".