Greek Tragedy After The Fifth Century: A Survey From Ca. 400 Bc To Ca. Ad 400

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Did Greek tragedy die along with Euripides? This accessible survey demonstrates that this is far from being the case. In it, thirteen eminent specialists offer, for the first time in English, broad coverage of a little-studied but essential part of the history of Greek tragedy. The book contains in-depth discussions of all available textual evidence (including inscriptions and papyri), but also provides historical perspectives on every aspect of the post-fifth-century history of tragedy. Oft-neglected plays, such as Rhesus, Alexandra, and Exagōgē (the only surviving Biblical tragedy), are studied alongside such topics as the expansion of Greek tragedy beyond Athens, theatre performance, music and dance, society and politics, as well as the reception of Greek tragedy in the Second Sophistic and in Late Antiquity, and the importance of ancient scholarship in the transmission of Greek tragic texts.

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GREEK TRAGEDY AFTER THE FIFTH CENTURY Did Greek tragedy die along with Euripides? This accessible survey demonstrates that this is far from being the case. In it, thirteen eminent specialists offer, for the first time in English, broad coverage of a little studied but essential part of the history of Greek tragedy. The book contains in depth discussions of all available textual evi dence (including inscriptions and papyri), but also provides historical perspectives on every aspect of the post fifth century history of tragedy. Oft neglected plays, such as Rhesus, Alexandra, and Exagōgē (the only surviving Biblical tragedy), are studied alongside such topics as the expansion of Greek tragedy beyond Athens, theatre perform ance, music and dance, society and politics, as well as the reception of Greek tragedy in the Second Sophistic and in Late Antiquity, and the importance of ancient scholarship in the transmission of Greek tragic texts. 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 (). He is currently coediting Adapting Greek Tragedy for Cambridge University Press and writing a new commentary on Aeschylus’ Seven against Thebes. VAYOS LIAPIS 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, ) and the coeditor of New Perspectives on Post-Classical Comedy (). He is currently preparing a new critical edition and commentary on Menander’s Dyskolos. GREEK TRAGEDY AFTER THE FIFTH CENTURY A Survey from ca.   to ca.         VAYOS LIAPIS Open University of Cyprus ANTONIS K. PETRIDES Open University of Cyprus University Printing House, Cambridge  , United Kingdom One Liberty Plaza, th Floor, New York,  , USA  Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne,  , Australia –, rd Floor, Plot , Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi – , India  Anson Road, #–/, Singapore  Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/ : ./ © Cambridge University Press  This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published  Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, Elcograf S.p.A. A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data : Liapes,