Drama and Lyric

Drama and Lyric is a selection of Greek plays and poetry from early antiquity. It is designed to complement The Greeks: Drama and Lyric, a unit in the Old Western Culture curriculum by Roman Roads Media. Based on the Great Books of western civilization, Old Western Culture guides students through the literature, history, theology, and philosophy of the West, and does so from a Christian perspective. This second edition includes all required texts for the course Drama and Lyric. Find out more about the series Old Western Culture by visiting www.romanroadsmedia.com While this particular selection designed to match the course of study of Greeks: Drama and Lyric, the texts in this book may be enjoyed in their own right by any student of the classics. The Agamemnon by Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus, The Eumenides by Aeschylus, Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles, Antigone by Sophocles, The Trojan Women by Euripides, The Medea by Euripides, The Frogs by-Aristophanes, The Clouds by Aristophanes, Sappho’s Poems by Sappho, Odes of Pindar by Pindar, Idylls of Theocritus by Theocritus, Works and Days by Hesiod, and The Fall of Troy by Quintus of Smyrna.