Tragic Failures: Alexandrian Responses to Tragedy and the Tragic

Tragedy, From Athens To Alexandria -- The Metaclassical Tragic -- Alexandrian Tragedy -- Callimachus Displaces The Tragic -- Redefining The Tragic In The Idylls Of Theocritus -- Tragedy Into Epic In Apollonius' Argonautica -- In The Metatragic Cosmos Of The Alexandra -- The Romantic Tragic -- Conclusions: Tragic Failures And Hellenistic Challenges. Evina Sistakou. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.