1st Edition

The Greek Chorus

By T. B. L. Webster Copyright 1970
248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

The Greek chorus was an essential part of Greek life. It varied in scale from the tiny festival conducted by the family to the choruses of fifty men or boys which competed in honour of Dionysos at Athens, and in tone from the songs in honour of athletic victories to the solemn tragic choruses of Aeschylus or the comic choruses of Aristophanes. By means of the surviving texts and pictures, and the... Read more

List of Illustrations.  List of Abbreviations.  Introduction.  Part I: The Archaeological Material  1. Introduction  2. Down to the Time of Homer  3. Seventh Century  4. Archaic  5. Ripe Archaic  6. Early Classical  7. Classical  8. Free Period  9. Later  Part II: Literary Sources  1. Down to the Time of Homer  2. Seventh Century  3. Archaic Period, 600–530 B.C.  4. Ripe Archaic Period, 530–480 B.C.  5. Early Classical Period, 480–450 B.C.   6. Classical Period 450–425 B.C.  7. Free Period, 425–370 B.C.  8. Later  Part III: Conclusion.  Glossary of Metrical Terms.  Index.

Biography

T. B. L. (Thomas Bertram Lonsdale) Webster (1905–1974) was a British archaeologist and classicist, particularly interested in Greek comedy. He started his career as Hulme Professor of Greek at Manchester University, where he remained for seventeen years. He then moved on to the chair of Greek at University College London, where he established the London Institute of Classical Studies. His final position was at Stanford University where he was Professor of Classics, Emeritus.