The course deals with Greek tragedy – as drama, as an object for theoretical reflection, and as text for the stage. We will devote the first lessons to the dramatic structure of Greek tragedy and to its staging in fifth-century BCE theatre, focusing on Aeschylus' Oresteia, the only trilogy of the classical period to have survived intact to this day. Later, we will analyze some parts of the Poetics, the first and most famous theoretical essay on the art of composing tragedy, focusing on Aristotle's discussion of Oedipus the King, which was presented around a century after the original production of Sophocles' play. In the last part of the course, we will examine the metamorphoses of Greek tragedy, focusing on Euripides' Hippolytus and some of the later dramatic versions of this ancient myth.