Can I read Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily on EtoBox?

Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily by Kathryn G. Bosher, Edith Hall, Clemente Marconi, LaDale Winling is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily about?

Studies of ancient theater have traditionally taken Athens as their creative center. In this book, however, the lens is widened to examine the origins and development of ancient drama, and particularly comedy, within a Sicilian and southern Italian context. Each chapter explores a different category of theatrical evidence, from the literary (fragments of Epicharmus and cult traditions) to the artistic (phylax vases) and the archaeological (theater buildings). Kathryn G. Bosher argues that, unlike in classical Athens, the golden days of theatrical production on Sicily coincided with the rule of tyrants, rather than with democratic interludes. Moreover, this was not accidental, but plays and the theater were an integral part of the tyrants' propaganda system. The volume will appeal widely to classicists and to theater historians.

Who reads Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily?

Author

Kathryn G. Bosher, Edith Hall, Clemente Marconi, LaDale Winling

Publisher

University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations; Cambridge University Press

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781108493871

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Literary Fiction, Humanities