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[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the birth of theater in ancient Greece. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: Medea (Euripides)
MIT offers an online version of the classical play "Medea" by the Greek playwright Euripides.
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City Dionysia: Satyr Plays
Part of a larger, general site about Greek drama. This section offers information about Satyr Plays, part of the four-part tragedy cycle of Dionysian play competitions.
Eserver
E Server: Drama Collection: Lysistrata Script
The full text of this classical Greek comedy is offered here with easy printing and emailing functions.
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E Server: Drama Collection: The Plays of Sophocles
Full text of Sophocles' plays is available here, with easy printing and emailing functions.
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Ancient Greek Theatre: Sophocles
A personal site on Greek theatre with a brief biography of Sophocles, along with a short list of his works and summaries of each.
Eserver
E Server: Drama Collection: Electra by Sophocles
Read the entire tragic episode in the story of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra's family play at this Iowa State University EServer site.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: 10th Lit/comp
Contains learning modules on the following topics: Research and MLA Foundations, Novels and Short Stories, Poetry: the Sonnet, Shakespearean Drama, Informative and Argumentative Essays,Research and MLA Review, Narrative Nonfiction,...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: Agamemnon, by Aeschylus
Aeschylus' famous play, Agamemnon, was written in 458 BCE. The full text available here provides an important perspective on the figure of Agmamemnon in ancient Greek culture.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: "The Clouds" by Aristophanes
This site provides a complete text from the Internet Classics Archive of the play "The Clouds," by Aristophanes. This great satire mocks Socrates and other great learners.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: The Heracleidae by Euripides
The whole play is available here from MIT's Internet Classic Archive.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: Orestes by Euirpides
The Internet Classics Archive offers this full text version this story of revenge and the triumph of reason.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: Andromache by Euripides
This full text of Euripedes tragedy translated by E. P. Coleridge with readers comments.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: The Choephori
MIT's Internet Classics Archive offers a complete text of The Choephori, or The Libation Bearers, by Aeschylus. This is the second play in the Oresteia trilogy.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: Eumenides
MIT's Internet Classics Archive offers a complete text of "The Eumenides" or "The Furies" by Aeschylus. This is the final play in the Oresteia trilogy.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Tragedy
This encyclopedia entry from Wikipedia about tragedies discusses its Greek origins; the typical characteristics of a tragedy; and lists some examples of ancient Greek, Roman, English, and modern-day writers of tragedies.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Is Aristophanes Called the Father of Comedy?
Aristophanes, often referred to as the Father of Comedy, wrote the world's earliest surviving comic dramas. Mark Robinson shares a brief history of Aristophanes.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Classical Greece, 500 323 b.c.
Read about the Persian invasion of Greece, the Age of Pericles, the Peloponnesian War, and the culture of Classical Greece.
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Bernard Suzanne: Plato and His Dialogues: Heracles (Hercules)
Read an extensive, scholarly retelling of the stories of Heracles and of the legends that surround him, including descriptions of his twelve labors and the geographical locations corresponding to the myths.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: The Persians by Aeschylus
This MIT Internet Classics Archives page is a translation of "The Persians" in an easy-to-read format, maintaining the verse format of the original.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: The Trojan Women
This site is provided for by the Internet Classics Archive. Read the play, "The Trojan Women" in English, plus read and/or add comments, download the play, check out related websites, or recommend a related website.
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Alien Travel Guide: Aeschylus
This site briefly discusses the playwright and his contribution to the theater. Includes a picture of a mosaic depiction of Aeschylus.
New York University
Time Space in Classical Greece: The Poetics
A discussion of the beginnings of tragedy and the six necessary components of tragedy. Includes Aristotle's thoughts on tragedies.
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Alien Travel Guide: Sophocles
Short biographical sketch of the playwright Sophocles and his contribution to the theater. Lists some of his major works.
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