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Description edit
This classic work not only records developments in the form and style of Greek drama, it also analyses the reasons for these changes. It provides illuminating answers to questions that have confronted generations of students, such as: * why did Aeschylus introduce the second actor? * why did... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Orestes: Add a description of this character.
- Oedipus
- Zeus
- Agamemnon
- Creon
- Clytemnestra
- Helen
- Medea
- Menelaus
- Cassandra
- Prometheus
- Theseus
- Aristotle
- Artemis
- Troy
- Electra
- Phaedra
- Danaus
- Jason
- Xerxes
- Shakespeare
- Heracles
- Lycus
- Teucer
- Hermione
- Teiresias
- Darius
- Polyxena
- Neoptolemus
- Pentheus
- Peleus
- Eteocles
- Ismene
- Apollo
- Jebb
- Deianeira
- Amphitryon
- Verrall
- Alcestis
- Oceanus
- Dionysus
- Aegeus
- Aegisthus
- Hector
- Persae
- Hecuba
- Thyestes
- Wilamowitz
- Polyneices
Setting & Locations edit
- Sophocles
- Euripides
- Athens
- Iphigeneia
- Thebes
- Iocasta
- Septem
- Greece
- Paris
- Heaven
- Oresteia
- Troades
- Antigone
- Haemon
- Corinth
- Middle Tragedy
- Sparta
- Creusa
- Bacchae
- Salamis
- Choephori
- Megara
- Tecmessa
- Sophoclean
- Egypt
- Hades
- Pelasgus
- Hephaestus
- Budé
- Attica
- Macedonia
- Heracleidae
- Strymon
- Macaria
- Aulis
- Colonus
- Trachiniae
- Hypermestra
- Cadmus
- Drama
- Phoenissae
- Asia
First Sentence edit
The first two editions of this book opened with the assertion that the Supplices is the earliest work of European drama.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Humphrey D. Kitto (Author)
- H. D. F. Kitto
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 809
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › History & Criticism › Literary Theory
- Books › Arts & Photography › Performing Arts › Theater › History & Criticism
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Drama › History
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics › Greek
- Books › Reference › Writing
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