D.M. Carter is Lecturer in Greek at the University of Reading.

• Preface1. Introduction 2. Some views, their implications 3. The political shape of tragedy 4. Four political tragedies 5. The political reception of Greek tragedyNotesAppendix A: Chronology Appendix B: Authors and surviving works Appendix C: Some heroic genealogy Appendix D: Glossary of Greek termsFurther ReadingIndex

Carter succeeds admirably. He makes a topic that is difficult and potentially confusing for the non-specialist, comprehensible and highly readable. The book combines some very basic introductory material with some fairly sophisticated arguments about Greek tragedy. While its primary audience is students, there is something here for specialists as well. Carter’s book is admirable for the clear was it introduces this topic to the general reader [...] as an introductory survey book for the general reader, it is an unqualified success.Leona MacLeod, Scholia Reviews, no. 19 (24)

D.M. Carter is Lecturer in Greek at the University of Reading.

• Preface1. Introduction 2. Some views, their implications 3. The political shape of tragedy 4. Four political tragedies 5. The political reception of Greek tragedyNotesAppendix A: Chronology Appendix B: Authors and surviving works Appendix C: Some heroic genealogy Appendix D: Glossary of Greek termsFurther ReadingIndex

Carter succeeds admirably. He makes a topic that is difficult and potentially confusing for the non-specialist, comprehensible and highly readable. The book combines some very basic introductory material with some fairly sophisticated arguments about Greek tragedy. While its primary audience is students, there is something here for specialists as well. Carter’s book is admirable for the clear was it introduces this topic to the general reader [...] as an introductory survey book for the general reader, it is an unqualified success.Leona MacLeod, Scholia Reviews, no. 19 (24)

D.M. Carter is Lecturer in Greek at the University of Reading.

• Preface1. Introduction 2. Some views, their implications 3. The political shape of tragedy 4. Four political tragedies 5. The political reception of Greek tragedyNotesAppendix A: Chronology Appendix B: Authors and surviving works Appendix C: Some heroic genealogy Appendix D: Glossary of Greek termsFurther ReadingIndex

Carter succeeds admirably. He makes a topic that is difficult and potentially confusing for the non-specialist, comprehensible and highly readable. The book combines some very basic introductory material with some fairly sophisticated arguments about Greek tragedy. While its primary audience is students, there is something here for specialists as well. Carter’s book is admirable for the clear was it introduces this topic to the general reader [...] as an introductory survey book for the general reader, it is an unqualified success.Leona MacLeod, Scholia Reviews, no. 19 (24)