Drama - Comedy - Tragedy - Playwrights
The origins of Greek drama are debated and may never be known for sure, but it is thought that they developed out of a form of ritual worship that involved a chorus of men, possibly dressed as horses, connected with the vegetation god Dionysus.
Resources on the story of Oedipus, the Oedipal complex, and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex.
Basic information on Aeschylus and Greek tragedy.
With the cessation of the Punic Wars, Rome had the leisure and motivation to develop its own brand of literary culture. This is a chapter from J.W. Mackail's
Latin Literature.
Sophocles' tragedy about Antigone, the daughter and sister of King Oedipus.
Aristophanes, the only extant writer of Athenian Old Comedy, wrote over forty plays of which 11 survive. In them he attacks war, the political leader Cleon, the jury system, and the educational system known as sophism.
Resources on the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles.
Long-lived second of the three great Athenian tragedians, Sophocles wrote the famous Oedipus trilogy.
Timeline of Latin literature from Livius Andronicus to the death of Livius Andronicus.
