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No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher.  \nPrinted and bound in the United States of America.  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nGreek drama / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.  \n[v. cm](v. cm).—(Bloom’s period studies) Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nContents: The use of the chorus in tragedy / Friedrich Schiller—Introduction to ten Greek plays / Lane Cooper—Poetics / Aristotle—The criticism of Greek tragedy / William Arrowsmith—Sophocles’selectra : the Orestes myth rephrased / John Jones—The birth of tragedy / Friedrich Nietzsche—Tragedy and Greek archaic thought / R.  \nP. Winnington-Ingram—The antidote of comedy / C. M. Bowra—  \nFrom Aristophanes to Menander / W. Geoffrey Arnott—Greece : the forms of Dionysus / E. T. Kirby—I know you by your rags : costume and  \ndisguise in fifth-century drama / Frances Muecke—Fear and suffering in Aeschylus and Euripides / Jacqueline de Romilly—Aristophanes and his rivals / Malcolm Heath—The tragedians and popular religion / Jon  \nD. Mikalson—Knowledge that is sad to have to know / Ruth Padel—The fabrication of comic illusion / Niall W. Slater—Myth into muthos : the shaping of tragic plot / Peter Burian.  \nISBN 0-7910-7894-9  \n1. Greek drama—History and criticism. I. Bloom, Harold. II. Series. PA3133 .G655 2004  \n882’.0109—dc22  \n2003028162  \nChelsea House Publishers 1974 Sproul Road, Suite 400  \nBroomall, PA 19008-0914 [http://www.chelseahouse.com](http://www.chelseahouse.com)  \nContributing Editor: Pamela Loos Cover designed by Keith Trego Layout by EJB Publishing Services  \nContents  \nEditor’s Note vii  \nIntroduction 1  \nHarold Bloom  \nThe Use of the Chorus in Tragedy 17  \nFriedrich Schiller  \nIntroduction to Ten Greek Plays 25  \nLane Cooper  \nPoetics 35  \nAristotle  \nThe Criticism of Greek Tragedy 51  \nWilliam Arrowsmith  \nSophocles’s Electra: The Orestes Myth Rephrased 79  \nJohn Jones  \nThe Birth of Tragedy 97  \nFriedrich Nietzsche  \nTragedy and Greek Archaic Thought 115  \nR.P. Winnington-Ingram  \nThe Antidote of Comedy 131  \nC.M. Bowra  \nFrom Aristophanes to Menander 151  \nW. Geoffrey Arnott  \nGreece: The Forms of Dionysus 169  \nE.T. Kirby  \n‘I Know You—By Your Rags,’  \nCostume and Disguise in Fifth-Century Drama 211  \nFrances Muecke  \nvi Contents  \nFear and Suffering in Aeschylus and Euripides 231  \nJacqueline de Romilly  \nAristophanes and His Rivals 239  \nMalcolm Heath  \nThe Tragedians and Popular Religion 257  \nJon D. Mikalson  \nKnowledge That Is Sad to Have to Know 295  \nRuth Padel  \nThe Fabrication of Comic Illusion 307  \nNiall W. 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