Vayos Liapis

Antonis K. Petrides

What happened to Greek tragedy after the death of Euripides? This book provides some answers, and a broad historical overview.

A Survey from ca. 400 BC to ca. AD 400

Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century

Douglas Cairns

In seventeen original essays, a distinguished international cast considers the text, interpretation and cultural context of Greek tragedy. There are detailed studies of single plays, of major themes in each of the three tragedians, of modern approaches to tragic text and interpretation, and of the genre's social, religious and political background. Some of tragedy's most distinguished interpreters here present their latest work, and pay tribute to the scholarly achievements of the volume's honorand, Professor A.F. Garvie.

Essays on Aeschylus and His Fellow Tragedians: In Honour of Alexander F Garvie

Dionysalexandros

George William Mallory Harrison

Vaios Liapēs

This series has existed for the past 50 years. It provides a forum for the publication of well over 300 scholarly works on all aspects of the ancient world, including inscriptions, papyri, language, the history of material culture and mentality, the history of peoples and institutions, but also latterly the classical tradition, for example, neo-latin literature and the history of Classical scholarship.

Performance in Greek and Roman Theatre

Avra Sidiropoulou

Shows how contemporary adaptations, on the stage and on the page, can breathe new life into Greek tragedy.

Contemporary Contexts for Ancient Texts

Adapting Greek Tragedy

Antonis Petrides

Maria Pavlou

Modern Greek national and cultural identities consist, to a considerable extent, of clusters of cultural memory, shaped by an ongoing dialogue with the classical past. Within this dialogue between modern Greece and classical antiquity, Greek tragedy takes pride of place. In this volume, ten scholars from Cyprus, Greece, the United Kingdom and the United States explore the various ways in which Greek tragedy and tragic myth have been reimagined and rewritten in modern Greek drama and poetry. The book’s extensive coverage includes major modern Greek authors, such as Cavafy, Seferis, and Ritsos, as well as less well-known, but equally rich and rewarding, 20th- and 21st-century texts.

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