Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
7-2015
Keywords
book reviews, Hellenistic literature, drama, Classics
Abstract
Review of Agnieszka Kotlińska-Toma, Hellenistic Tragedy: Texts, Translations and a Critical Survey. Bloomsbury Classical Studies Monographs. London; New Delhi; New York; Sydney: Bloomsbury, 2015. Pp. xvi, 322. ISBN 9781472524218. $120.00. Kotlińska-Toma collects and translates the fragments of Greek tragedy of the Hellenistic period (323-31 BC); the study delivers a careful collection of the relevant texts, a descriptive overview of the nature of Hellenistic tragedy, and a summary of the stage conventions of the Hellenistic period, especially their differences from the Classical period.
Recommended Citation
Ojennus, Paul. 2015. Review of Hellenistic tragedy: texts, translations and a critical survey, by Agnieszka Kotlińska-Toma. BMCR 2015.07.34. http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2015/2015-07-34.html.