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Ancient Dramatic Poetry

Ancient Dramatic Poetry is a form of literary composition belonging to the broader category of dramatic poetry, distinguished by its origin in antiquity and its formalized use of verse to portray enacted human actions and conflicts, typically structured for performance in religious, civic, or ritual contexts within ancient Greek, Roman, or comparable early cultural traditions.

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The social function of Attic tragedy

Jasper Griffin · The Classical Quarterly · 1998 · 223 citations

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The Lyric Metres of Greek Drama

Richmond Lattimore, A. M. Dale · The American Journal of Philology · 1951 · 113 citations

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Figures of play: Greek drama and metafictional poetics

Choice Reviews Online · 2001 · 99 citations

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The poetry of pathos: studies in Virgilian epic

Choice Reviews Online · 2008 · 78 citations

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The drunk, the reformer and the teacher: agonistic poetics and the construction of persona in the comic poets of the fifth century

Emmanuela Bakola · The Cambridge Classical Journal · 2008 · 77 citations

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Authors

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  1. CS
    Charles Segal

    John Brown University, United States

    3 publications · 76 citations

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  2. AM
    A. M. Dale

    Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 113 citations

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  3. GW
    Gregory W. Dobrov

    1 publications · 74 citations

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  4. WG
    W. Geoffrey Arnott

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  5. ES
    Edmund Stewart

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 17 citations

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Institutions

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  1. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  2. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  3. Newbold College of Higher Education

    Binfield, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  4. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  5. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  7. University of Tasmania

    Hobart, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  8. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

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  1. The Classical Quarterly

    5 publications · 367 citations

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  2. The American Journal of Philology

    AJP · 5 publications · 192 citations

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  3. The Classical World

    4 publications · 157 citations

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 177 citations

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  5. The Journal of Hellenic Studies

    2 publications · 76 citations

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