EBOOK Tangled Ways of Zeus:And Other Studies In and Around Greek Tragedy

The Tangled Ways of Zeus is a collection of studies written over the last twenty        years by the distinguished classicist Alan Sommerstein about various aspects of        ancient Greek tragedy (and, in some cases, other related genres). It complements his        recent collection of studies in Greek comedy, Talking about Laughter (OUP, 2009).          Some of the essays have not been published previously, others have appeared in books        or journals hard to find outside major academiclibraries. Each chapter deals with        its own topic, but between them they build up a multifaceted picture of the        dramatists (especially Aeschylus and Sophocles), the genre, and its interactions        with the society, culture, and religion of classical Athens.