Tragic failures : Alexandrian responses to tragedy and the tragic
This is the first study considering the reception of Greek tragedy and the transformation of the tragic idea in Hellenistic poetry. The focus is on third-century Alexandria, where the Ptolemies fostered tragedy as a theatrical form for public entertainment and as an official genre cultivated by the...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter,
[2016]
Berlin ; Boston : [2016] Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, Massachusetts : 2016 |
| Series: | Trends in classics - Supplementary volumes,
volume 38 Trends in classics Supplementary volumes ; Volume 37. Trends in classics Supplementary volumes. |
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