Greek DramaIn power, passion, and the brilliant display of moral conflict, the drama of ancient Greece remains unsurpassed. For this volume, Professor Hadas chose nine plays which display the diversity and grandeur of tragedy, and the critical and satiric genius of comedy, in outstanding translations of the past and present. His introduction explores the religious origins, modes of productions, structure, and conventions of the Greek theater, individual prefaces illuminate each play and clarify the author's place in the continuity of Greek drama. |
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Achaeans AEACUS AEGEUS AEGISTHUS AESCHYLUS Agamemnon ANDROMACHE ANTIGONE Apollo Argive Argos Artemis ATHENA Atreidae blood bride bring CASSANDRA child CHORUS CLYTEMNESTRA corpse counsel CREON curse Cypris dark daughter dead dear death deed DIONYSUS doom dread earth Enter EURIPIDES evil exile Exit eyes fate father fear fortune friends give goddess gods Greek grief HAEMON hand hate hear heart heaven HECUBA HERACLES HERDSMAN HIPPOLYTUS honor husband Ilium ISMENE JASON JOCASTA King ko-ax Laius land LEADER live look master MEDEA Menelaus MESSENGER misery mortal mother murder NEOPTOLEMUS never NURSE ODYSSEUS OEDIPUS Orestes pain palace Pallas perished PHAEDRA PHILOCTETES Phrygia play pray ruin ship sire slain slave slay song Sophocles sorrow speak suffer sure TALTHYBIUS TEIRESIAS tell Thebes THESEUS things thou tragedy Trojan trouble Troy unhappy wife woman women words wretched XANTHIAS yonder Zeus