Emily Wilson is a Professor of Classical Studies and Chair of the Program in Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

• List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsSeries PrefaceIntroduction, Emily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania, USA)1. Forms and Media, Naomi Weiss (Harvard University, USA) 2. Sites of Performance and Circulation, Rosa D'Andújar (King's College London, UK) 3. Communities of Production and Consumption, Eirene Visvardi (Wesleyan University, USA) 4. Philosophy and Social Theory, Austin Busch (College at Brockport, USA) 5. Religion, Ritual and Myth, Isabelle Torrance (Aarhus University, Denmark) 6. Politics of City and Nation, Robert Cowan (University of Sydney, Australia) 7. Society and Family, Marcel Widzicz (Southern Virginia University, USA) 8. Gender and Sexuality, Kirk Ormand (Oberlin College, USA)Notes BibliographyIndex

This is … a book of great importance for classical philologists and, above all, for historians of Classical Antiquity. In it, we find important and useful syntheses for the study of Greek tragedy … The volume systematizes information with updated studies and bibliography, making it an essential companion for students of ancient tragedy.