Bernard Knox is one of the most important influential critics of Greek drama writing today. His books, article, reviews, and essays have educated a generation of readers, from scholars studying original texts to those who know the Oresteia only in translation. Now available in paperback, WORD AND ACTION is a stunning introduction both to the study oa classical Greek drama and to the finely honed criticism of this masterful scholar. Twenty five selections combine philological and critical approaches to various text, along with a concern for performance. Writing on Aeschylus, Sophocles, and euripides, on myth and attic tragedy, and on shakespeare's Tempest as a work in the ancient comic tradition, Knox provides entertaining and enlightening in sights into the text and performances of ancient drama. His incisive comments make this book of interest not only to classic and dramatic but to all those interested in the ancient theater as well.