Frogs, Greek Batrachoi, a literary comedy by Aristophanes, produced in 405 bce. The play tells the story of Dionysus, the god of drama, who is ...
Continue Reading βThe Clouds (Ancient Greek: ΞΞ΅ΟΞλαι Nephelai) is a Greek comedy play written by the playwright Aristophanes. A lampooning of intellectual fashions in classical Athens, it ...
Continue Reading βThe fifty daughters of Danaus, collectively known as the Danaides (who make up the Chorus of the play), are fleeing with their father in an ...
Continue Reading βAeschylus (525-456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. The ...
Continue Reading ββSeven Against Thebesβ is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, dating from 467 BCE. It is the classic statement of the myth (also ...
Continue Reading βPrometheus Bound is an Ancient Greek tragedy written by Aeschylus between 479 BC and 430 BC. The tragedy is based on the myth of Prometheus, ...
Continue Reading βThe only trilogy in Greek drama that survives from antiquity, Aeschylus’ The Oresteia is translated by Robert fagles with an introduction, notes and glossary written ...
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