A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama (Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature) PDF
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SAGPR 10/6/2004 9:18 AM Page iii A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama Ian C. Storey and Arlene Allan SAGPR 10/6/2004 9:18 AM Page iv © 2005 by Ian C.Storey and Arlene Allan BLACKWELL PUBLISHING 350 Main Street,Malden,MA 02148-5020,USA 108 Cowley Road,Oxford OX4 1JF,UK 550 Swanston Street,Carlton,Victoria 3053,Australia The right of Ian C.Storey and Arlene Allan to be identified as the Authors of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright,Designs,and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted,in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording or otherwise,except as permitted by the UK Copyright,Designs,and Patents Act 1988,without the prior permission of the publisher. First published 2005 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Storey,Ian Christopher,1946– A guide to ancient Greek drama / Ian C.Storey and Arlene Allan. p. cm.— (Blackwell guides to classical literature) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-4051-0214-4 (hardback :alk.paper) — ISBN 1-4051-0215-2 (pbk.:alk.paper) 1. Greek drama — History and criticism — Handbooks,manuals,etc. I. Allan,Arlene. II. Title. III. Series. PA3131.S83 2005 882¢.0109 — dc22 2004009014 A catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library. Set in 10 on 12.5 pt Calisto by SNP Best-set Typesetter Ltd.,Hong Kong Printed and bound in the United Kingdom by MPG Books Ltd,Bodmin,Cornwall The publisher’s policy is to use permanent paper from mills that operate a sustainable forestry policy,and which has been manufactured from pulp processed using acid-free and elementary chlorine-free practices.Furthermore,the publisher ensures that the text paper and cover board used have met acceptable environmental accreditation standards. For further information on Blackwell Publishing,visit our website: www.blackwellpublishing.com SAGPR 10/6/2004 9:18 AM Page v Dedicated to all members of the Classics Drama Group (“The Conacher Players”) at Trent University, past, present, and future. 0.1 Scene from Euripides’ Hippolytosby the Classics Drama Group, Trent University (1994). Picture by Martin Boyne: Craig Sawyer (attendant), James Laing (Hippolytos), William Robinson (Theseus). SAGPR 10/6/2004 9:19 AM Page vii Contents Preface x List of Figures xii List of Maps xiii Abbreviations and Signs xiv 1 Aspects of Ancient Greek Drama 1 Drama 1 The Dramatic Festivals 14 Drama and Dionysos 24 The Theatrical Space 34 The Performance 46 Drama and the Polis 61 2 Greek Tragedy 72 On the Nature of Greek Tragedy 77 Aeschylus 93 Sophokles 111 Euripides 131 The Other Tragedians 151 3 The Satyr-Play 156 4 Greek Comedy 169 Origins 169 SAGPR 10/6/2004 9:19 AM Page viii viii CONTENTS Old Comedy 173 The Generations of Old Comedy 195 Aristophanes 208 Middle Comedy 217 Menander and New Comedy 221 5 Approaching Greek Drama 230 Textual Criticism and Commentary 230 New Criticism 231 Structuralism 232 Myth and “Version” 233 Ritual and Drama 235 Psychoanalytic Approaches 236 Gender Studies 237 Performance Criticism 238 6 Play Synopses 241 Aeschylus’ Persians (Persae, Persai) 243 Aeschylus’ Seven (Seven against Thebes) 244 Aeschylus’ Suppliants (Suppliant Women, Hiketides) 245 Aeschylus’ Oresteia 246 Aeschylus’ Agamemnon 247 Aeschylus’ Libation-Bearers (Choephoroe) 248 Aeschylus’ Eumenides (Furies) 249 Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound (Prometheus Vinctus, Prometheus Desmotes) 250 Sophokles’ Ajax (Aias) 251 Sophokles’ Antigone 252 Sophokles’ Trachinian Women (Trachiniai, Women of Trachis) 253 Sophokles’ Oedipus Tyrannos (King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus the King) 254 Sophokles’ Elektra (Electra) 255 Sophokles’ Philoktetes (Philoctetes) 256 Sophokles’ Oedipus at Kolonos (Colonus) 257 Euripides’ Alkestis (Alcestis) 258 Euripides’ Medea 259 Euripides’ Children of Herakles (Heraclidae, Herakleidai) 260 Euripides’ Hippolytos 261 Euripides’ Andromache 262 SAGPR 10/6/2004 9:19 AM Page ix CONTENTS ix Euripides’ Hecuba (Hekabe) 263 Euripides’ Suppliant Women (Suppliants, Hiketides) 264 Euripides’ Elektra (Electra) 265 Euripides’ Herakles (Hercules Furens, The Madness of Herakles) 266 Euripides’ Trojan Women (Troades) 267 Euripides’ Iphigeneia among the Taurians (Iphigeneia in Tauris) 268 Euripides’ Ion 269 Euripides’ Helen 270 Euripides’ Phoenician Women (Phoinissai) 271 Euripides’ Orestes 272 Euripides’ Iphigeneia at Aulis 273 Euripides’ Bacchae (Bacchants) 274 Euripides’ Cyclops 275 [Euripides’] Rhesos 276 Aristophanes’ Acharnians 277 Aristophanes’ Knights (Hippeis, Equites, Horsemen) 278 Aristophanes’ Wasps (Sphekes, Vespae) 279 Aristophanes’ Peace (Pax, Eirene) 280 Aristophanes’ Clouds (Nubes, Nephelai) 281 Aristophanes’ Birds (Ornithes, Aves) 282 Aristophanes’ Lysistrate 283 Aristophanes’ Women at the Thesmophoria (Thesmophoriazousai) 284 Aristophanes’ Frogs(Ranae, Batrachoi) 285 Aristophanes’ Assembly-Women (Ekklesiazousai) 286 Aristophanes’ Wealth (Ploutos) 287 Menander’s The Grouch (Old Cantankerous, Dyskolos) 288 Menander’s Samian Woman (Samia) or Marriage-contract 289 A Note on Meter 290 Glossary of Names and Terms 293 Further Reading 296 Index 305
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