Lost Dramas of Classical Athens: Greek Tragic Fragments

by Fiona McHardy (Editor), James Robson (Editor), David Harvey (Editor)

This is the first substantial study of Greek tragedies known to us only from small fragmentary remnants that have survived.  The book discusses a variety of Greek tragic fragments from all three of the famous Athenian tragedians: Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.  The recent publication of translations of some of these fragments (Sophocles in the Loeb series, and Euripides in the Aris and Phillips series) means that the fragments are now more readily available than ever for study.
 
The large number of extant fragments of ancient Greek tragedy can tell us enormous amounts about that genre and about the society which produced it.  Papyrus finds over the last hundred years have drastically altered and supplemented our knowledge of ancient Greek tragedy; the book is at the cutting-edge of research in this field.

272 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2004

About the author

Dr Fiona McHardy is a Principal Lecturer in the Department of Humanities at the University of Roehampton, England.

She is the Programme Convener for Classical Civilisation and History and Learning and Teaching Co-Ordinator for the Humanities department. Dr McHardy chairs the departmental Learning and Teaching Advisory Group and also sits on the university's Learning and Teaching Quality Committee.