Crisis on stage

Tragedy and comedy in late fifth-century Athens

Bibliographic Data

ID9308735
EditorsAndreas Markantonatos, Bernhard Zimmermann
Year2011
Publication date2011-11-17
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueCrisis on Stage (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherDe Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/9783110271560
OpenAlexW642283637
Open LibraryOL36707918M
ISBN9783110271560
LanguageEN
Citations received11

This volume explores the relationships between masterworks of Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes and critical events of Athenian history, by bringing together international scholars with expertise on different aspects of ancient theatre. It raises questions about how tragic and comic plays composed in late fifth century mirror the acute political and social crisis unfolding in Athens in the wake of the military catastrophe in 413 BCE and the oligarchic revolution in 411 BCE. It is of particular interest to seasoned classical scholars as well as to those interested in Greek drama and Athenian history

Ancient history · Art · Comedy · Comics · Drama · Greek tragedy · Literature · Political science · Politics · Stage (stratigraphy · Tragedy (event · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Geology · History · Law · Paleontology · Athens · Greece · Greek drama · Greek drama, history and criticism · History and criticism · Literature and society · Theater · To 146 B.C · to 500