Drama - Comedy - Tragedy - Playwrights
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Greek Theater Study Guide
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.
Oedipus
Online Resources
Resources on the story of Oedipus, the Oedipal complex, and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex.
Aeschylus
Aeschylus is one of a handful of Greek playwrights whose work we have in any quantity. He was the first of the major extant playwrights and contributed to making tragedy into a theatrical form we can still recognize by reducing the importance of the chorus and increasing that of the plot. Read about this poetic innovator during the Classical...
Latin Literature - Early Epic and 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.