George W.M. Harrison, Ph.D. (1985) Johns Hopkins University, holds a joint appointment in Greek and Roman Studies and in Technology, Society and Environmental Studies at Carleton University (Ottawa). He has spoken and published extensively on Roman imperial tragedy and has been associated with the production of several ancient plays in modern performance.Contributors are: Jean-Pierre Aygon, Annette M. Baertschi, Robert Cowan, Peter J. Davis, Mario Erasmo, Marco Filippi, Lauren Donovan Ginsberg, George W.M. Harrison, Thomas D. Kohn, David Konstan, Gesine Manuwald, Petra Schierl, Helen Slaney, Niall W, Slater, Gregory Staley, Christopher Star and Betine van Zyl Smit.

"Harrison's new companion is notable for its ability to offer sure guidance not only to recent controversies and findings, but also to avenues for further exploration and development. There is much to like in this volume." – Christopher Trinacty, in: Classical Journal-Online, 2016.08.06

• Introduction: Roman Tragedy at the Intersection: Reception and ResponseGeorge W.M. HarrisonPart I: REPUBLICEditing Roman (Republican) Tragedy: Challenges and Possible SolutionsGesine Manuwald, University College LondonThe Argo Killed Hippolytus: Roman Tragedy in the (Meta-)TheatreMario Erasmo, University of GeorgiaRoman Tragedy -- Ciceronian Tragedy? Cicero's Influence on Our Perception of Republican Roman TragedyPetra Schierl, University of Basel240 BCE and all that: the Romanness of Republican tragedyRobert Cowan, University of SydneyPART II: EMPIREThe editio of Roman TragedyThomas D. Kohn, Wayne State UniversityRhetorical Tragedy: The Logic of DecalamationDavid Konstan, New York UniversitySeneca on the Fall of TroyGeorge W. M. HarrisonSeneca's Thyestes and the Political Tradition in Roman TragedyP. J. Davis, University of TasmaniaPART III: INTERCHANGE WITH OTHER GENRESEpic Elements in Senecan TragedyAnnette Baertschi, Bryn Mawr CollegeThe Reception of Latin Archaic Tragedy in Ovid's ElegyMarco FilippiRoman Tragedy and PhilosophyChristopher Star, Middlebury CollegeTragic Rome? Roman Tragedy and the Genre of TragedyLauren Donovan Ginsberg, University of CincinnatiRoman Tragedy and PhilosophyChristopher Star, Middlebury CollegeTheatrical Language and Philosophical Issues in Seneca's Tragedies: Cued and Unannounced Entrances (Especially Oedipus 81 and 784)Jean-Pierre Aygon, University of TolouseRoman Tragedy through a Comic LensNiall W. Slater, Emory UniversityPART IV: SENECA AFTER ANTIQUITYSchlegel, Shelley and the ‘Death’ of SenecaHelen Slaney, Oxford UniversitySeneca Tragicus in the twentieth century: Hugo Claus' adaptations of Oedipus and ThyestesBetine Van Zyl Smit, University of NottinghamT.S. Eliot’s SenecaGregory Staley, University of MarylandAfterwordA Day at the Races Theatre: The Spectacle of Performance in the Roman EmpireGeorge W.M. Harrison

George W.M. Harrison, Ph.D. (1985) Johns Hopkins University, holds a joint appointment in Greek and Roman Studies and in Technology, Society and Environmental Studies at Carleton University (Ottawa). He has spoken and published extensively on Roman imperial tragedy and has been associated with the production of several ancient plays in modern performance.Contributors are: Jean-Pierre Aygon, Annette M. Baertschi, Robert Cowan, Peter J. Davis, Mario Erasmo, Marco Filippi, Lauren Donovan Ginsberg, George W.M. Harrison, Thomas D. Kohn, David Konstan, Gesine Manuwald, Petra Schierl, Helen Slaney, Niall W, Slater, Gregory Staley, Christopher Star and Betine van Zyl Smit.

"Harrison's new companion is notable for its ability to offer sure guidance not only to recent controversies and findings, but also to avenues for further exploration and development. There is much to like in this volume." – Christopher Trinacty, in: Classical Journal-Online, 2016.08.06

• Introduction: Roman Tragedy at the Intersection: Reception and ResponseGeorge W.M. HarrisonPart I: REPUBLICEditing Roman (Republican) Tragedy: Challenges and Possible SolutionsGesine Manuwald, University College LondonThe Argo Killed Hippolytus: Roman Tragedy in the (Meta-)TheatreMario Erasmo, University of GeorgiaRoman Tragedy -- Ciceronian Tragedy? Cicero's Influence on Our Perception of Republican Roman TragedyPetra Schierl, University of Basel240 BCE and all that: the Romanness of Republican tragedyRobert Cowan, University of SydneyPART II: EMPIREThe editio of Roman TragedyThomas D. Kohn, Wayne State UniversityRhetorical Tragedy: The Logic of DecalamationDavid Konstan, New York UniversitySeneca on the Fall of TroyGeorge W. M. HarrisonSeneca's Thyestes and the Political Tradition in Roman TragedyP. J. Davis, University of TasmaniaPART III: INTERCHANGE WITH OTHER GENRESEpic Elements in Senecan TragedyAnnette Baertschi, Bryn Mawr CollegeThe Reception of Latin Archaic Tragedy in Ovid's ElegyMarco FilippiRoman Tragedy and PhilosophyChristopher Star, Middlebury CollegeTragic Rome? Roman Tragedy and the Genre of TragedyLauren Donovan Ginsberg, University of CincinnatiRoman Tragedy and PhilosophyChristopher Star, Middlebury CollegeTheatrical Language and Philosophical Issues in Seneca's Tragedies: Cued and Unannounced Entrances (Especially Oedipus 81 and 784)Jean-Pierre Aygon, University of TolouseRoman Tragedy through a Comic LensNiall W. Slater, Emory UniversityPART IV: SENECA AFTER ANTIQUITYSchlegel, Shelley and the ‘Death’ of SenecaHelen Slaney, Oxford UniversitySeneca Tragicus in the twentieth century: Hugo Claus' adaptations of Oedipus and ThyestesBetine Van Zyl Smit, University of NottinghamT.S. Eliot’s SenecaGregory Staley, University of MarylandAfterwordA Day at the Races Theatre: The Spectacle of Performance in the Roman EmpireGeorge W.M. Harrison