The Tragic Hero in Greek Drama: Books

Presents four plays by the legendary playwrights of ancient Greece including Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripedes, and Aristophanes depicting tragedy, love, doomed relationships, and the ancient gods.

Includes biographical information about the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles, with selections discussing his writing style, literary devices, and dramatic technique; essays examining "Oedipus the King"; and articles that look at his other plays and various attempts to translate them into mediums besides theater.

Includes a brief biography of Sophocles, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas.

Contains the complete texts of Sophocles' Theban trilogy about a noble family's fall from wealth and power by pride, incest, suicide, and murder.

Presents three Greek plays by Sophocles detailing life in Thebes.

Contains nine plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes.

Contains a collection of critical essays about Sophocles and his works, arranged in chronological order of original publication.

Presents a collection of alphabetically arranged entries that provide a comprehensive overview of the ancient Greek world, from the Minoan civilization to the Roman annexation of mainland Greece, including information on the mythology, poetry, drama, sculpture, architecture, and science of this ancient culture.

Provides information about the arts and leisure activities of ancient Greeks, examining various monuments and public buildings and the reasons for their construction, and discussing various art forms, literature and education, theater and drama, athletic competitions, and games.

Examines the development of Ancient Greek theater with information on costumes, actors, and organization of festivals.

Presents a "special edition" of a Greek newspaper which spans the years 1500 to 146 B.C. and contains articles about history, politics, feasts, fashions, theater, gods, and wars.

An introduction to the ancient Greece that explains how their civilization influenced later societies, and discusses art, architecture, beliefs, warfare, the theater, philosophy, science, and democracy.

A retelling of the mythology of the Greek heroes, based on original sources, with illustrations from vase paintings, and genealogical tables.

Looks to Christian iconography, Greek and Roman mythology, and folklore to provide insights into the meaning of the symbols, themes, and motifs depicted in over one hundred paintings by Italian, Netherlandish, German, and Spanish masters

Includes a brief biography of the author, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas.

Contains Aristotle's critique of the literature of his time with reference to the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.

A survey of ancient Greek culture, paying homage to a host of ancient Greeks including Pericles and Demosthenes, Aristotle and Plato, Homer and Euripides.

Tells the story of the ancient Greek deity Dionysus, describing his origin, journeys, and symbolism, as well as festivals in his honor, providing glimpses of ancient Greek culture.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that explain the meaning and origins of approximately two thousand allusions found in the Bible, as well as in Greek, Roman, Norse, and other mythologies, and includes examples of usage and cross-references.

Presents biographies of nineteen playwrights throughout history, from Aeschylus and Aristophanes to Arthur Miller and Lorraine Hansberry, and includes thirteen primary documents and a further reading list.

Describes various groups within ancient Greek society, including athletes, philosophers, priests and priestesses, poets and playwrights, artists and architects, warriors, and slaves and workers, and includes a time line, a biographical dictionary, and a glossary.