Ancient theatre and performance culture around the Black Sea /

Ancient theatre and performance culture around the Black Sea / edited by David Braund, Edith Hall, Rosie Wyles. - pages cm

Most of the contributions were originally presented at a conference of the same name held at King's College London on 4-5 July 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / Embarking on a voyage around Black Sea theatre / The spread of Greek theatre to the west and to the north-east / The northward advance of Greek horizons / The tragedians of Heraclea and comedians of Sinope / The Phanagoria chous : comic art in miniature in a luxury tomb in the Cimmerian Bosporus / Theatre and performance in the Bosporan kingdom / Ancient theatre in Tauric Chersonesus / Theatre at Olbia in the Black Sea / Celebrating Dionysos in Istros and Tomis: theatrical manifestations and artistic life in two Ionian cities of the Black Sea / Madalina Dana -- Ancient theatres and theatre-art of the Bulgarian Black Sea coast and Thracian hinterland / Space, place and the metallurgical imagination of the Prometheus Trilogy / Fragmentary Greek tragedies set in the Black Sea / Black Sea back story: Euripides / Mind-games in the Crimea: Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris / Visualising Euripides' Tauric temple of the Maiden Goddess / Music and performance among Greeks and Scythians / A new mask and musical instruments from the eastern Bosporus / The cult of Dionysus in ancient Georgia / Paratheatrical performances in the Bosporan Kingdom : the evidence of terracotta figurines / Life trajectories : Iphigenia, Helen and Achilles on the Black Sea / Dancing around the Black Sea: Xenophon, Pseudo-Scymnus and Lucian's Bacchants / Edith Hall -- David Braund -- Oliver Taplin -- Stephanie West -- Edith Hall -- Jeffrey Rusten -- David Braund -- Sergey Saprykin -- Valeriya Bylkova -- Alexander Minchev -- Emmanuela Bakola -- Rosie Wyles -- Edith Hall -- Felix Budelmann -- Edith Hall -- Marina Vakhtina -- Vladimir Bochkovoy, David Braund, Roman Mimokhodov, Nikolay Sudarev -- Manana Odisheli -- Maya Muratov -- Historiography and theatre : the tragedy of Scythian king Skyles / David Braund -- Froma Zeitlin -- David Braund. Approaches. Introduction: Places. Plays. Performative presences. Epilogue:

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Theater--History--Black Sea Coast--To 1500--Congresses.
Greek drama--History and criticism--Congresses.
Greek drama--Themes, motives--Congresses.


Black Sea Coast--Intellectual life--Congresses.
Black Sea Coast--In literature--Congresses.
Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.--Congresses.
Black Sea Coast--Civilization--Congresses.
Black Sea Coast--Antiquities--Congresses.

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