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Plays @ Theater Definitions (8)

Aeschylus
Basic information on Aeschylus and Greek tragedy.

Antigone, by Sophocles
Sophocles' tragedy about Antigone, the daughter and sister of King Oedipus.

Aristophanes - Greek Old Comedy
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.

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.

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.

Oedipus
Resources on the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles.

Oedipus Online Resources
Resources on the story of Oedipus, the Oedipal complex, and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex.

Sophocles (Sophokles)
Long-lived second of the three great Athenian tragedians, Sophocles wrote the famous Oedipus trilogy.

Timeline of Latin Literature
Timeline of Latin literature from Livius Andronicus to the death of Livius Andronicus.