"Antigone" is a famous Greek tragedy. What happens in this play? And, why is the play so memorable? Test your knowledge about "Antigone." ...

And, in Sophocles' Antigone, her difference of opinion with her uncle, King Creon, is the catalyst around which the play's ultimate tragedy evolves. ...

Groaning Tears: Ethical and Dramatic Aspects of Suicide in Greek Tragedy ... Dates of the Tragedies and Comedies by the Great Greek Dramatists ...

The House of Atreus was an exceedingly unfortunate family descended from and persecuted by the gods. The members of the House of Atreus feature prominently ...

Euripides (c. 484-407/406) was a Greek writer of tragedy. Euripides introduced drama about love to Old Comedy. Third of the great Greek tragedians, ...

Euripides was an ancient Greek writer of tragedies -- the third of the famous trio. He wrote about women and mythological themes like Medea and Helen of ...

Sophocles was the second of the 3 greatest Greek writers of tragedy (with Aeschylus and Euripides). He is known for writing about Oedipus, the mythological ...

Falling far short of the noble spirit of Greek tragedy, which they in turn attempt to copy, Seneca's plays do observe its mechanical conventions, ...

The author challenges some of our preconceived notions of Greek society, showing the constructive uses for mythology. Chapters include: "Greek Tragedy and ...

Introduction to the Ancient Greek art form called Tragedy and the evolution of Greek drama.