Surviving records of Greek drama.
Home of classic drama: the theater of Dionysus.
Greek drama was based on popular myths.
How Sophocles used the chorus.
Masks highlighted the characters.
Scenery and mechanical devices heightened dramatic effect.
Sophocles' "Antigone" explores western cultural ideas.
Women in Greek tragedy versus real Greek women.
Euripides' rejection of tragic tradition.
Comedy's origins and early masters.
Aristophanes: master humorist and social critic.
How serious was the tone of Greek comic satire?
Euripides' "Cyclops": the only surviving satyr-play. The humanity of Menander and the new comedy.
Revivals of Greek drama in later ages.
Enduring fascination for "Oedipus the King".
Ancient Greek drama is still relevant.
