Aristotle, Classic Technique, and Greek Drama - http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/spectop007.html
An analysis of the beginnings of dramatic criticism, focusing on the principles of Aristotle. |
Greek Dramatic Criticism - http://www.theatredatabase.com/ancient/greek_dramatic_criticism_001.html
An overview of dramatic criticism in ancient Greece. |
Greek Theatre Index - http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/greek.html
Index of articles on ancient Greek theatre. |
Poems by Greek Dramatists - http://www.poetry-archive.com/collections/greek_dramatists.html
An index of poems by the dramatists of ancient Greece. |
Project Perseus: Texts and Translations - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts.html
Scholarly Greek text with English translations, including nearly all the surviving Greek dramas. |
Ridgeway's Theory of the Origin of Tragedy - http://www.theatrehistory.com/origins/ridgeway002.html
Treatise suggesting that Greek Theatre evolved not from the Dionysian festivals, but rather from ancient worship of the dead. |
Solar Myths, Tree Spirits, and Totems - http://www.theatrehistory.com/origins/ridgeway003.html
William Ridgeway's 1915 essay examining the history and importance of solar myths, tree spirits, and totemism in the development of Greek tragedy. |
Temple University: Greek Drama and Culture - http://www.temple.edu/classics/dramadir.html
Resources relating to the course curriculum, including background materials, study guides for major tragic and comic works, and links to secondary materials on ancient plays and Athenian culture. |