Greek Tragedy on the Move The Birth of a Panhellenic Art Form c. 500-300 BC

by Stewart, Edmund

• ISBN13: 9780198747260
• ISBN10: 0198747268
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2017-08-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Edmund Stewart, Teaching Fellow in Greek Literature and Culture, University of Warwick

Edmund Stewart is Teaching Fellow in Greek Literature and Culture at the University of Warwick, having previously taught Classical Languages and Literature at the universities of Nottingham and Leeds. His research interests focus on the dissemination of Greek tragedy, Greek poetry, and ancient professionalism and he is currently working on an edited volume on the ancient labour market in Greece and Rome.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
0. Introduction
The Problem
1. Recent Approaches
a. Athens and tragedy
b. Tragedy beyond Athens
2. New Directions
a. Panhellenic tragedy
b. Panhellenic networks
c. Professionalism and travel
3. The Argument
1. The Background I. Travelling Heroes and Panhellenic Tragedy
Introduction
1. The Travelling Hero in Greek Poetry
2. Panhellenic Tragedy
Conclusion
2. The Background II. Wandering Poets, Panhellenic Networks, and Professionalism
1. Introduction: Mobility in Archaic and Classical Greece
a. The culture of travel in ancient Greece
b. Professionalism and travel
2. Networks of Non-Dramatic Poets c. 700-300 BC
a. Aegean and Asia Minor
b. The Greek mainland
c. The Greek West
3. Reasons and Motivations for the Travel of Poets
a. Exiles and economic migrants
b. The pursuit of fame
c. The pursuit of wealth
Conclusion
3. Tragedy in Attica c. 500-300 BC
Introduction
1. The Audience
2. Non-Athenian Performers
a. Origins
b. Impact
Conclusion
4. Tragedy outside Attica c. 500-450 BC
Introduction
1. Dramatic Performances outside Attica
a. The Greek mainland
b. The Greek West
2. The Plays
a. Aeschylus' Aetnaeae
b. Aeschylus' Persians and its trilogy
Conclusion
5. Tragedy outside Attica c. 450-400 BC
Introduction
1. Euripides' Archelaus, Temenus, and Temenidae
a. The myth and its purpose
b. Possibilities for performance
2. Euripides' Andromache
3. Euripides' Captive Melanippe and Aeolus
a. The myth and the plays
b. Possibilities for performance
Conclusion
6. Tragedy outside Attica c. 400-300 BC
Introduction
1. A New Era?
a. The death of political tragedy?
b. Specialization and professionalization: the rise of the acting profession?
c. Old tragedy or new tragedy?
d. Conclusion
2. The Dissemination of Tragedy in the Fourth Century
a. Performance venues
b. Performers
Conclusion
7. Conclusion
Appendices
1. The Settings of Plays of Greek Tragedy and Satyr Play
2. Non-Citizen Performers in Attica
3. Phrynichus in Sicily?
Endmatter
Bibliography
Index