Greek Tragedy by Malcolm Heath, Simon Goldhill, Aristophanes, Shomit Dutta, Philip Vellacott, Euripides, Aeschylus, E.F. Watling, Aristotle, Sophocles

Greek Tragedy

Malcolm Heath, Simon Goldhill, Aristophanes, Shomit Dutta, Philip Vellacott, Euripides, Aeschylus, E.F. Watling, Aristotle, Sophocles

352 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

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Agememnon is the first part of the Aeschylus's Orestian trilogy in which the leader of the Greek army returns from the Trojan war to be murdered by his treacherous wife Clytemnestra. In Sophocles' Oedipus Rex the king sets out to uncover the cause...

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Community Reviews Summary of 75 reviews

Moods

dark 100%
reflective 75%
tense 50%
adventurous 25%
challenging 25%
informative 25%
mysterious 25%

Pace

slow 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 66% | Character: 33%

Strong character development?

No: 66% | Yes: 33%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 66% | No: 33%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

3.84

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