The Origins of Theater in Ancient Greece and Beyond: From Ritual to Drama

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Eric Csapo, Margaret C. Miller
Cambridge University Press, Jan 15, 2007 - Art - 440 pages
This volume is the most thorough examination on the origins of Greek drama to date. It brings together seventeen essays by leading scholars in a variety of fields, including classical archaeology, iconography, cultural history, theatre history, philosophy, and religion. Though it primarily focuses up on ancient Greece, the volume includes comparative studies of ritual drama from ancient Egypt, Japan, and medieval Europe. Collectively, the essays show how the relationship of drama to ritual is one of the most controversial, complex, and multi-faceted questions of modern times.
 

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Contents

Section 1
41
Section 2
43
Section 3
44
Section 4
48
Section 5
52
Section 6
53
Section 7
60
Section 8
61
Section 21
152
Section 22
154
Section 23
155
Section 24
161
Section 25
164
Section 26
165
Section 27
170
Section 28
171

Section 9
62
Section 10
68
Section 11
70
Section 12
71
Section 13
77
Section 14
88
Section 15
96
Section 16
103
Section 17
108
Section 18
121
Section 19
126
Section 20
150
Section 29
172
Section 30
176
Section 31
196
Section 32
221
Section 33
255
Section 34
259
Section 35
293
Section 36
317
Section 37
329
Section 38
361
Section 39
379

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About the author (2007)

Eric Csapo is Professor of Classics at the University of Sydney. He is an expert on the history of the ancient theatre and coauthor of The Context of Ancient Drama. His most recent book is Theories of Mythology. Margaret C. Miller is Arthur and Renee George Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Sydney. She specializes in Greek iconography and cultural history. Her book, Athens and Persia in the Fifth Century BC: A Study in Cultural Receptivity, won the Prix Ghirshman of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 2001.

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