Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca. 400 BC to ca. AD 400

Author:   Vayos Liapis ,  Antonis K. Petrides
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107038554


Pages:   428
Publication Date:   13 December 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Vayos Liapis ,  Antonis K. Petrides
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9781107038554


ISBN 10:   1107038553
Pages:   428
Publication Date:   13 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Introduction Antonis K. Petrides; Part I. Texts: 1. Greek tragedy in the fourth century: the fragments Vayos Liapis and Theodoros K. Stephanopoulos; 2. The Rhesus Almut Fries; 3. Hellenistic tragedy and satyr-drama: Lycophron's Alexandra Simon Hornblower; 4. The Exagōgē of Ezekiel the tragedian Pierluigi Lanfranchi; Part II. Contexts and Developments: 5. Beyond Athens: the expansion of Greek tragedy from the fourth century onwards Brigitte Le Guen; 6. Theater performance after the fifth century Anne Duncan and Vayos Liapis; 7. Music and dance in tragedy after the fifth century Mark Griffith; 8. The fifth century and after: (dis)continuities in Greek tragedy Francis Dunn; 9. Society and politics in post-fifth century tragedy David M. Carter; Part III. Transmission and Reception: 10. Attitudes towards tragedy from the second sophistic to late antiquity Ruth Webb; 11. Scholars and scholarship on tragedy Johanna Hanink.

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'The book as a whole is amply documented and makes a valuable addition to the now burgeoning study of 'postclassical' tragic theatre.' Martin Cropp, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'The book as a whole is amply documented and makes a valuable addition to the now burgeoning study of 'postclassical' tragic theatre.' Martin Cropp, Bryn Mawr Classical Review


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Vayos Liapis is Professor of Ancient Theatre and its Reception at the Open University of Cyprus. His latest book is A Commentary on the 'Rhesus' Attributed to Euripides (2011). He is currently co-editing Adapting Greek Tragedy (Cambridge, forthcoming). Antonis K. Petrides is Associate Professor of Classics at the Open University of Cyprus. He is the author of Menander, New Comedy and the Visual (Cambridge, 2014) and the co-editor of New Perspectives on Postclassical Comedy (2010). He is currently preparing a new critical edition and commentary on Menander's Dyskolos.

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