The three genres of drama were comedy, satyr plays, and most important of all, tragedy. Comedy: The first comedies were mainly satirical and mocked men in power for their vanity and foolishness.

Carstensen, an award-winning reporter for The World and Foreign Policy, was there that day: "It was the worst day in a series of terrible days. The event overwhelmed the island and the locals," says ...

This course examines ancient Greek tragedy in translation. It looks at the transformation of myth into tragedy in the fifth century BCE and reflects on why these classical dramas remain popular today.