Greek Drama
Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides Aristophanes Tragedy Syllabus Drama Bibliography 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              CLAS 2302 AA GREEK & ROMAN DRAMA TR 2:30-3:45 Cotter
                                                    (in English translation -- fulfills Core Req.E3b) 
                                                                  
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Background material on the plays & the ancient stage.

General Discussions  

The Development of Athenian Tragedy - Dionysus -
     from PERSEUS Overview
     
Introduction to Greek Tragedy  (CTC)

Introduction to Greek Tragedy  (Cuny)

    Greek Drama and Culture - Study Guides Listed  (Temple)
    Ancient Greek Drama - (26) links to all playwrights
   
      
   Timeline of Greek Tragedy
        
Origins of Greek Tragedy  (graphics, click "Cancel")  
Structure of Greek Plays    
       
Greek Drama - Leigh Denault
          
Aristotle's Tragic Terminology

        Aristotle's Poetics (text in Perseus)

            Terminology for Tragedy

                    All the Greek Plays - links to translations of each.
   
                 Selected Plays - notes & study questions
                    English & Greek Texts of Plays: word searching

Miscellaneous Articles on Greek Drama  (15)
House of Atreus
Five Generations of the House of Atreus

                                                      Map: Attica  (Thebes, Aulis)

The Greek Theater - Construction - Production - Staging  

The Illustrated Greek Theater
 

Timeline of Greek Drama
Origins of Greek Drama
Staging an ancient Greek play
Greek Theaters
Structure of the plays read in Humanities 110
English and Greek texts of the plays for word searching.
Bibliography and links to other on-line resources for Greek Tragedy


 
Greek Tragedy and the Ancient Stage  

Didaskalia: Related Resources Ancient Greek Theater

Tragedy: Setting the Stage
 

            Glossary of Terms, People, Places 
            Glossary of Terms - Ancient Stage

    Theater of Dionysus: Reconstruction
    Perseus Slide-Show of 7 Theaters
        Epidauros, Delos, Athens, Amphiaraion, Assos, Miletus and Priene

Skenotheke: Images of the Ancient Stage
         Miscellaneous Resources - Theaters -  Vase Paintings - 
          Statues and Terracotta Figurines - Mosaics, Frescoes,
          Reliefs and Architectural Decoration - Choregic Monuments


          
WWW Links of Note 

           Perseus: 10 theaters  (images)
           Georama's Index of 32 Theaters
                  click on the dots on the map (upper-right) to begin
          
Map - Theatres Outside the Greek and Roman Homelands

                Particular Sites
                    Epidaurus - 1.   2.   
                   
Athens, Theater of Dionysus.
                                 History   

            Virtual Reconstructions of Ancient Theaters
    
           The Ancient Theater of Ephesus  
                The Pergamon Project  
                METIS: A QTVR Interface 
                                        (for Ancient Greek Archaeological Sites)
 

     Other Useful Sites:
          Perseus Project - the Home Page for  Perseus, a multimedia exploration
                            of ancient Greek civilization, to understand the broader context
                            of the plays.

          Perseus - Historical Overview **-  important background for the course.


          Mythology Project - gods, heroes, legends, genealogies & more. (Princeton)
          Classical Drama Sites - collection of URLs relating to the ancient stage 
          Olympian Gods: Images & Texts. - catalog of the pantheon, with pictures.

                 
                  Marilyn A. Katz - "Did the Women of Ancient Athens
                                               Attend the Theater in the 18th Century?"
                  Diotima - site devoted to the study of women and gender
                                    in the ancient world.
                  Sexuality in Fifth Century Athens - article (Univ. College, Dublin)

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                                                              Greek Comedy  
                                                          Aristophanes Page
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                                                          The Roman Stage
                                                           Roman New Comedy
                                                     Bibliography - Roman Drama  ( Univ Texas)

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                                         Greek Drama - Main Bibliography 

                                                 Individual Bibliographies  

                                 Aeschylus - Sophocles - Euripides - Aristophanes