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Early history or Greek tragedy. Introductory -- The worship of Dionysus -- Early history of the dithyramb -- Arion and the dithyramb -- Later history of the dithyramb -- The innovations of Thespis -- Character of the thespian drama -- Career of Thespis -- Choerilus, Pratinas, and Phrynichus -- Aeschylus. His life -- Improvements in tragedy -- Selection and treatment of the plots -- The characters -- The language -- Religious and moral ideas -- The trilogy and tetralogy -- The extant plays : The supplices, The Persae, The septem, The Prometheus, The Oresteia -- Reputation among the ancients -- Sophocles. His life -- Improvements in tragedy -- Selection and treatment of plots -- The chorus -- The characters -- The language -- Religious and moral ideas -- The irony of Sophocles -- the extant tragedies : The Antigone, The Ajax, The Trachiniae, The Electra, The Oedipus Rex, The Philoctetes, The Oedipus Coloneus -- Reputation among the ancients -- Euripides. His life -- General characteristics : Innovations in the spirit of tragedy, Modern criticisms, Influence of rhetoric and philosophy -- Choice and structure of plots -- Innovations in the form of tragedy -- The chorus -- The languag

Author

Arthur Elam Haigh

Publisher

publisher not identified

Published

1968

Language

EN

ISBN

9780486220185

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Humanities