Translations from the Greek tragedians are taken from the series edited by D.Grene and R Lattimore and published by the university of Chicago Press and with the exceptions of Medea,are reproduced by the permission of the University of Chicago Press. Medea is reproduced by permission of the bodely head ltd,

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This book is an advanced critical introduction to Greek tragedy. It is written specifically for the reader who does not know Greek and who may be unfamiliar with the context of the Athenian drama festival but who nevertheless wants to appreciate the plays in all their complexity. Simon Goldhill aims to combine the best contemporary scholarly criticism in classics with a wide knowledge of modern literary studies