Athenian Tragedy in Performance: A Guide to Contemporary Studies and Historical Debates

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1. Dionysus and the Cast of a Satyr Play (side A). Attic red-figured volute krater attributed to the Pronomos Painter, ca. 400 bCe. Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, inv. 81673 (h3240). Photo by L. Pedicini. All rights reserved. Reproduced by kind permission of the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali– Soprintendenza Speciale per i beni archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. 2. The Cast of a Satyr Play and Two Satyrs (detail side A/B, handle area). Attic red-figured volute krater attributed to the Pronomos Painter, ca. 400 bCe. Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, inv. 81673 (h3240). Photo by L. Pedicini. All rights reserved. Reproduced by kind permission of the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali– Soprintendenza Speciale per i beni archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. 3. Dionysus with Satyrs and Maenads in Thiasos (side B). Attic red-figured volute krater attributed to the Pronomos Painter, ca. 400 bCe. Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale , inv. 81673 (h3240). Photo by L. Pedicini. All rights reserved . Reproduced by kind permission of the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali– Soprintendenza Speciale per i beni archeologici di Napoli e Pompei.»4. (Top) Theatre of Dionysus at Athens. Photo by Ilse Kleemann ©dai Athens (Neg. no.: d-dai-ath-Kleemann 540). All rights reserved.»»5. (Bottom) Theatre at Thorikos. Photo ©dai Athens (Neg. no.: d-dai-ath-Attika 79). All rights reserved. 6. A Tragic Chorus Approaching a Tomb Monument. Attic red-figured column krater attributed to an unidentified Mannerist painter, ca. 500–490 bCe. Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, inv. bS 415. Photo by Andreas F. Voegelin. All rights reserved. Reproduced by kind permission of the Museum. 7. Dancing Maenads. Attic red-figured stamnos attributed to the Dinos Painter, ca. 420 bCe. Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, inv. 81674 (h2419). Photo by L. Pedicini. All rights reserved. Reproduced by kind permission of the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali–Soprintendenza Speciale per i beni archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. 8. The Madness of Lycurgus or an Armed Pentheus Fighting Maenads. Attic hydria attributed to the Painter of Louvre G 433, ca. 425–400 bCe. Rome, Museo di Villa Giulia, inv. 55703. Reproduced by kind permission of the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell’Etruria Meridionale. 9. Phlyax Scene of a Tragic Actor (Aegisthus) Onstage with Three Comic Actors (Chorēgos, Pyrrias, Chorēgos). Apulian redfigured bell krater, name vase of the Choregos Painter, ca. 380 bCe. Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, inv. 248778 (formerly J. Paul Getty Museum, 96.AE.29). Reproduced by kind permission of the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali– Soprintendenza Speciale per i beni archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. 10. Actors in Female Costume Preparing for a Performance. Attic redfigured pelike attributed to the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter), ca. 440– 430 bCe. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Henry Lillie Pierce Fund, inv. 98.883. Photo ©Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 11. Actor (Possibly Pentheus) and a Dancing Chorus Maenad. Attic red-figured bell krater, ca. 460–450 bCe. Ferrara, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, inv. t173C. Reproduced by kind permission of the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali. 12. An Actor in a Comedy or Phallic Mime Performing before Man and Youth. Attic red-figured chous, name vase of the Group of the Perseus Dance, ca. 420 bCe. Athens, National Museum, Vlastos Collection (see drawing by E. R. Malyon in Hart, The Art of Ancient Greek Theater, 105). Photo by Herman Wagner ©dai, Athens (Neg. no.: d-dai-ath-Athen Varia 1088). All rights reserved. 13. A Piper with Two Actors or Chorus Members Costumed as Birds. Attic red-figured calyx crater, ca. 415 bCe. Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, inv. 205239 (formerly J. Paul Getty Museum 82.AE.83). Reproduced by kind permission of the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali– Soprintendenza Speciale per i beni archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. 14. Two Comic Actors, One (left) Costumed as a Woman, the Other (right) as a Dancing Man. Attic red-figured bell krater, ca. 390–370 bCe. University of Heidelberg, Museum of Antiquities, inv. b 134. Photo by Hubert Vögele. All rights reserved. Reproduced by kind permission of...