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• Arts: Classical Studies  (428)
• Regional: Europe: Greece: Arts and Entertainment: Theatre  (2)
• Society: History: By Time Period: Ancient: Greece  (128)

Aristotle, Classic Technique, and Greek Drama  www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/spectop007.html An analysis of the beginnings of dramatic criticism, focusing on the principles of Aristotle.

Greek Dramatic Criticism  www.theatredatabase.com/ancient/greek_dramatic_criticism_001.html An overview of dramatic criticism in ancient Greece.

Greek Theatre Index  www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/greek.html Index of articles on ancient Greek theatre.

Poems by Greek Dramatists  www.poetry-archive.com/collections/greek_dramatists.html An index of poems by the dramatists of ancient Greece.

Project Perseus: Texts and Translations  www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts.html Scholarly Greek text with English translations, including nearly all the surviving Greek dramas.

Ridgeway's Theory of the Origin of Tragedy  www.theatrehistory.com/origins/ridgeway002.html Treatise suggesting that Greek Theatre evolved not from the Dionysian festivals, but rather from ancient worship of the dead.

Solar Myths, Tree Spirits, and Totems  www.theatrehistory.com/origins/ridgeway003.html William Ridgeway's 1915 essay examining the history and importance of solar myths, tree spirits, and totemism in the development of Greek tragedy.

Temple University: Greek Drama and Culture  www.temple.edu/classics/dramadir.html Resources relating to the course curriculum, including background materials, study guides for major tragic and comic works, and links to secondary materials on ancient plays and Athenian culture.