Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century
A Survey from ca. 400 BC to ca. AD 400

What happened to Greek tragedy after the death of Euripides? This book provides some answers, and a broad historical overview.

Vayos Liapis (Edited by), Antonis K. Petrides (Edited by)

9781107038554, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 13 December 2018

428 pages, 1 b/w illus. 3 tables
23.4 x 15.6 x 2.6 cm, 0.74 kg

'The book as a whole is amply documented and makes a valuable addition to the now burgeoning study of 'postclassical' tragic theatre.' Martin Cropp, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Did Greek tragedy die along with Euripides? This accessible survey demonstrates that this is far from being the case. In it, thirteen eminent specialists offer, for the first time in English, broad coverage of a little-studied but essential part of the history of Greek tragedy. The book contains in-depth discussions of all available textual evidence (including inscriptions and papyri), but also provides historical perspectives on every aspect of the post-fifth-century history of tragedy. Oft-neglected plays, such as Rhesus, Alexandra, and Exag?g? (the only surviving Biblical tragedy), are studied alongside such topics as the expansion of Greek tragedy beyond Athens, theatre performance, music and dance, society and politics, as well as the reception of Greek tragedy in the Second Sophistic and in Late Antiquity, and the importance of ancient scholarship in the transmission of Greek tragic texts.

Introduction Antonis K. Petrides
Part I. Texts: 1. Greek tragedy in the fourth century: the fragments Vayos Liapis and Theodoros K. Stephanopoulos
2. The Rhesus Almut Fries
3. Hellenistic tragedy and satyr-drama: Lycophron's Alexandra Simon Hornblower
4. The Exag?g? of Ezekiel the tragedian Pierluigi Lanfranchi
Part II. Contexts and Developments: 5. Beyond Athens: the expansion of Greek tragedy from the fourth century onwards Brigitte Le Guen
6. Theater performance after the fifth century Anne Duncan and Vayos Liapis
7. Music and dance in tragedy after the fifth century Mark Griffith
8. The fifth century and after: (dis)continuities in Greek tragedy Francis Dunn
9. Society and politics in post-fifth century tragedy David M. Carter
Part III. Transmission and Reception: 10. Attitudes towards tragedy from the second sophistic to late antiquity Ruth Webb
11. Scholars and scholarship on tragedy Johanna Hanink.

Subject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC], Literary studies: plays & playwrights [DSG], Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB], Theatre studies [AN]