La tragedia griega

Twenty-five centuries after their creation, the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides continue to be performed throughout the West, continue to be re-read and prove up-to-date. A genre that combines emotion, reflection and transcendence, the strength of the tragedy lies in its multiple significance and in the richness of thought. In this work, Jacqueline de Romilly delves into the Greek tragic to explain in what context this drama was created, where its themes and characters came from, which texts have come down to us and which were lost, and why they continue to move us today as much as their first viewers.