{"product_id":"9781118455128","title":"A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Guides to Classical Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Guide to Ancient Greek Drama\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIan C. Storey | Arlene Allan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis newly updated second edition features wide-ranging, systematically organized scholarship in a concise introduction to ancient Greek drama, which flourished from the sixth to third century BC.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers all three genres of ancient Greek drama – tragedy, comedy, and satyr-drama\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSurveys the extant work of Aeschylus, Sophokles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander, and includes entries on ‘lost’ playwrights\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines contextual issues such as the origins of dramatic art forms; the conventions of the festivals and the theater; drama’s relationship with the worship of Dionysos; political dimensions of drama; and how to read and watch Greek drama\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes single-page synopses of every surviving ancient Greek play\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan C. Storey\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Trent University, Canada. The author of \u003ci\u003eEupolis: Poet of Old Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eEuripides’ Suppliant Women\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and \u003ci\u003eThe Fragments of Old Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), he has published numerous papers on Euripides, Old Comedy, and the fiction of C. S. Lewis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArlene Allan\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics at Otago University, New Zealand, where she teaches ancient Greek literature and mythology, as well as ancient Greek and Latin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 January 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118455128\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e352\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.88\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44311165698188,"sku":"9781118455128","price":52.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118455128_69b40f41-7648-483c-b732-fa0807d19da3.jpg?v=1780234295","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118455128","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}