Greek Theater Study Guide

• Overview of Greek Theater
• The Physical Theater
• Important Facts About Greek Theater and Greek Drama
• Select Greek Theater Bibliography
• Greek Chorus
• Tragedy - Setting the Stage

Ancient Greek Playwrights
Principal Poets of Tragedy and Comedy

• Aeschylus
• Sophocles
• Euripides
• Aristophanes

Bibliography

• Review: "Greek Tragedy," by Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz
• Ancient Greek Theater
• Barbara F. McManus Greek Tragedy

• "Choral Identity in Greek Tragedy," Helene Foley. Classical Philology Vol. 98, No. 1 (Jan., 2003), pp. 1-30.
• "'Nothing to Do with Dionysus': Tragedy Misconceived as Ritual," by Scott Scullion. The Classical Quarterly, New Series, Vol. 52, No. 1 (2002), pp. 102-137.
• "The Determination of Episodes in Greek Tragedy," Joe Park Poe. The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 114, No. 3. (Autumn, 1993), pp. 343-396.
• "The Origin of Greek Tragedy in the Light of Dramatic Technique," Donald Clive Stuart. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Vol. 47. (1916), pp. 173-204.
• "The Physis of Comedy," Erich Segal. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 77. (1973), pp. 129-136.
• "The Shape of Greek Tragedy," L. H. G. Greenwood. Greece & Rome, Vol. 6, No. 16. (Oct., 1936), pp. 31-40.
• Theatre History.com