Lost Dramas of Classical Athens: Greek Tragic Fragments
Fiona McHardy, James Robson, and David Harvey
Abstract
This is a study of Greek tragedies known to us only from small fragmentary remnants that have survived. The book discusses a variety of Greek tragic fragments from all three of the famous Athenian tragedians: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. The recent publication of translations of some of these fragments (Sophocles in the Loeb series, and Euripides in the Aris and Phillips series) means that the fragments are now more readily available than ever for study. The large number of extant fragments of ancient Greek tragedy can tell us enormous amounts about that genre and about the society tha ... More
This is a study of Greek tragedies known to us only from small fragmentary remnants that have survived. The book discusses a variety of Greek tragic fragments from all three of the famous Athenian tragedians: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. The recent publication of translations of some of these fragments (Sophocles in the Loeb series, and Euripides in the Aris and Phillips series) means that the fragments are now more readily available than ever for study. The large number of extant fragments of ancient Greek tragedy can tell us enormous amounts about that genre and about the society that produced it. Papyrus finds over the last hundred years have drastically altered and supplemented our knowledge of ancient Greek tragedy; the book is at the cutting-edge of research in this field.
Keywords:
Greek tragedies,
Greek tragic fragments,
Athenian tragedians,
Aeschylus,
Sophocles,
Euripides,
ancient Greek tragedy,
papyrus,
Loeb,
Aris and Phillips
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2005 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780859897525 |
| Published to Liverpool Scholarship Online: May 2014 |
DOI:10.5949/liverpool/9780859897525.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Fiona McHardy, editor
University of Reading
James Robson, editor
Open University
David Harvey, editor
University of Exeter
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