Kategoria BISAC: Drama >> Ancient & Classical

Der Potsdamer Auffuhrung der sophokleischen Antigone von 1841 kommt die historische Bedeutung einer Wiedergeburt der griechischen Tragodie auf dem deutschen Theater zu. Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853) und Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) beschritten hierbei Wege, die die Theaterentwicklung der Folgezeit in einigen Bereichen grundlegend verandern sollten: Als Textgrundlage diente erstmals eine unbearbeitete Ubersetzung in den Versmaen des Originals. Vertont wurden ausschlielich die Bereiche, die auch im Theater der Antike musikalisch gestaltet waren. Die Rekonstruktion der antiken...

Die Bibliotheca Teubneriana, established in 1849, has evolved into the world's most venerable and extensive series of editions of Greek and Latin literature, ranging from classical to Neo-Latin texts. Some 4-5 new editions are published every year.

A team of renowned scholars in the field of Classical Philology acts as advisory board:

Gian Biagio Conte (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)
James Diggle (University of Cambridge)
Donald J. Mastronarde (University of California, Berkeley)
Franco Montanari (Universita di Genova)

This newly updated second edition features wide-ranging, systematically organized scholarship in a concise introduction to ancient Greek drama, which flourished from the sixth to third century BC.

• Covers all three genres of ancient Greek drama - tragedy, comedy, and satyr-drama
• Surveys the extant work of Aeschylus, Sophokles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander, and includes entries on 'lost' playwrights
• Examines contextual issues such as the origins of dramatic art forms; the conventions of the festivals and the theater; drama's relationship with the...

Die Beitrage zur Altertumskunde enthalten Monographien, Sammelbande, Editionen, Ubersetzungen und Kommentare zu Themen aus den Bereichen Klassische, Mittel- und Neulateinische Philologie, Alte Geschichte, Archaologie, Antike Philosophie sowie Nachwirken der Antike bis in die Neuzeit. Dadurch leistet die Reihe einen umfassenden Beitrag zur Erschlieung klassischer Literatur und zur Forschung im gesamten Gebiet der Altertumswissenschaften.

The Encyclopedia of Greek Tragedy is the first comprehensive reference work to cover all facets of the distinct form of dramatic theater that flourished in ancient Greece with its apex in the 5th century BCE.

• Offers the first comprehensive reference work to cover all facets of the distinct form of dramatic theater that flourished in ancient Greece with its apex in the 5th century BCE
• Covers the 32 extant plays and playwrights of the period, including the great surviving works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and their contemporaries, and considers...

The theatre of the Italian Renaissance was directly inspired by the classical stage of Greece and Rome, and many have argued that the former imitated the latter without developing a new theatre tradition. In this book, Salvatore DiMaria investigates aspects of innovation that made Italian Renaissance stage a modern, original theatre in its own right. He provides important evidence for creative imitation at work by comparing sources and imitations - incuding Machiavelli's Mandragola and Clizia, Cecchi's Assiuolo, Groto's Emilia, and Dolce's Marianna...

Featuring Cecelia Eaton Luschnig's annotated verse translations of Euripides' "Electra," "Iphigenia among the Tauri," and "Orestes," this volume offers an ideal avenue for exploring the playwright's innovative treatment of both traditional and non-traditional stories concerning a central, fascinating member of the famous House of Atreus.