Christian Meier is the author of The Political Art of Greek Tragedy, published by Wiley.

'This book in particular has to be read by everyone with an interest in fifth-century Athens, let alone those involved in Greek drama.' Greece and Rome 'This is a powerful thesis.... ... It is extremely welcome to have a German historian of Meier's calibre not only re-emphasising the crucial need to recognise historical change in our study of tragedy, but also demonstrating the importance of tragedy itself to any fully integrated historical analysis of fifth-century Athens.' Journal of Hellenic Studies

• 1. Why the citizens of Attica needed tragedy. 2. Athens.3. The significance of festivals in Athens.4. Tragedy and the festival of Dionysus.5. Aeschylus.6. Sophocles.7. The political foundations of Classicism

Christian Meier is the author of The Political Art of Greek Tragedy, published by Wiley.

'This book in particular has to be read by everyone with an interest in fifth-century Athens, let alone those involved in Greek drama.' Greece and Rome 'This is a powerful thesis.... ... It is extremely welcome to have a German historian of Meier's calibre not only re-emphasising the crucial need to recognise historical change in our study of tragedy, but also demonstrating the importance of tragedy itself to any fully integrated historical analysis of fifth-century Athens.' Journal of Hellenic Studies

• 1. Why the citizens of Attica needed tragedy. 2. Athens.3. The significance of festivals in Athens.4. Tragedy and the festival of Dionysus.5. Aeschylus.6. Sophocles.7. The political foundations of Classicism

Christian Meier is the author of The Political Art of Greek Tragedy, published by Wiley.

'This book in particular has to be read by everyone with an interest in fifth-century Athens, let alone those involved in Greek drama.' Greece and Rome 'This is a powerful thesis.... ... It is extremely welcome to have a German historian of Meier's calibre not only re-emphasising the crucial need to recognise historical change in our study of tragedy, but also demonstrating the importance of tragedy itself to any fully integrated historical analysis of fifth-century Athens.' Journal of Hellenic Studies

• 1. Why the citizens of Attica needed tragedy. 2. Athens.3. The significance of festivals in Athens.4. Tragedy and the festival of Dionysus.5. Aeschylus.6. Sophocles.7. The political foundations of Classicism