This newly updated second edition features wide-ranging systematically organized scholarship in a concise introduction to ancient Greek drama which flourished from the sixth to third century BC. Covers all three genres of ancient Greek drama tragedy comedy and satyr-drama Surveys the extant work of Aeschylus Sophokles Euripides Aristophanes and Menander and includes entries on lost playwrights Examines contextual issues such as the origins of dramatic art forms; the conventions of the festivals and the theater; dramas relationship with the worship of Dionysos; political dimensions of drama; and how to read and watch Greek drama Includes single-page synopses of every surviving ancient Greek play
