The Blackwell Companion to Greek Tragedy provides readers with a fundamental grounding in Greek tragedy, and also introduces them to the various methodologies and the lively critical dialogue that characterize the study of Greek tragedy today. The Blackwell Companion to Greek Tragedy provides readers with a fundamental grounding in Greek tragedy, and also introduces them to the various methodologies and the lively critical dialogue that characterize the study of Greek tragedy today. List of Illustrations.Notes on Contributors.Preface and Acknowledgements.Abbreviations and Editions.Part I: Contexts.1. Fifth Century Athenian History and Tragedy: Paula Debnar (Mount Holyoke College).2. Tragedy and Religion: The Problem of Origins: Scott Scullion (University of Oxford).3. Dithyramb, Comedy, and Satyr Play: Bernd Seidensticker (Freie Universität Berlin).4 Tragedy s Teaching: Neil Croally (Dulwich College, London).5. Tragedy and the Early Greek Philosophical Tradition: William Allan (University of Oxford).6. Tragedy, Rhetoric, and Performance Culture: Christopher Pelling (University of Oxford).7. Pictures of Tragedy? Jocelyn Penny Small (Rutgers University).Part II: Elements.8. Myth: Michael J. Anderson (Yale University).9. Beginnings and Endings: Deborah H. Roberts (Haverford College).10. Lyric: Luigi Battezzato (Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy).11. Episodes: Michael R. Halleran (University of Washington).12. Music: Peter Wilson (University of Sydney).13. Theatrical Production: John Davidson (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand).Part III: Approaches.14. Aeschylean Tragedy: Suzanne Saïd (Columbia University).15. Sophoclean Tragedy: Ruth Scodel (University of Michigan).16. Euripidean Tragedy: Justina Gregory (Smith College).17. Lost Tragedies: A Survey: Martin Cropp (University of Calgary).18. Tragedy and Anthropology: Christiane Sourvinou Inwood (previously of University of Oxford).19. Values: Douglas Cairns (University of Edinburgh).20. The Gods: Donald Mastronarde (University of California, Berkeley).21. Authority Figures: Mark Griffith (University of California, Berkeley).22. Women s Voices: Judith Mossman (University of Nottingham).23. Marginal Figures: Mary Ebbott (College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts).Part IV: Reception.24. Text and Transmission: David Kovacs (University of Virginia).25. Learning from Suffering: Ancient Responses to Tragedy: Stephen Halliwell (University of St. Andrews).26. Polis and Empire: Greek Tragedy in Rome: Vassiliki Panoussi (Williams College).27. Italian Reception of Greek Tragedy: Salvatore Di Maria (University of Tennessee).28. Nietzsche on Greek Tragedy and the Tragic: Albert Henrichs (Harvard University).29. Greek Tragedy and Western Perceptions of Actors and Acting: Ismene Lada Richards (King s College London).30. The Theater of Innumerable Faces: Herman Altena (freelance academic).31. Justice in Translation: Rendering Ancient Greek Tragedy: Paul Woodruff (University of Texas, Austin).Bibliography.Index