His play 'The Persians', first performed in 472 BC, is the oldest surviving of all Greek plays ... to three different types or genres: comedy, tragedy and satyr plays. The first plays were ...

The three genres of drama were comedy, satyr plays, and most important of all, tragedy. Comedy: The first comedies were mainly satirical and mocked men in power for their vanity and foolishness.

I’ve spent the last few years researching and travelling for a book about rocks and metals ... There’s a pattern to it all, a narrative arc worthy of Greek myth or tragedy. First comes wonder and ...