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  Originally read for university. Classic, helped me greatly, but repetitive.
  For me, Greek Tragedy becomes more compelling the more I learn about it.Goldhill provides a deep and sophisticated analysis of many themes that may not be apparent to a non-academic like myself. For example, he discusses the difference between η οικια και η πολις, home & city and what that meant for men and women in 5th Century BCE Athens. He relates in directly to Creon and Antigone in Sophocles Antigone doing likewise with φιλος και εχθρος - friend & enemy. I appreciated his discussion of how
  Stimulating and intelligent combination of general critical principles relevant to Greek tragedy, specific readings, and cultural context, influenced both by structuralist anthropology and post/deconstructuralist literary criticism. The main lesson of the book is that Greek tragedies are not simple fables with unambiguous morals, but complex and ambivalent discussions, admitting various interpretations. Particularly strong was the discussion of the Oresteia in the first two chapters, the first o...