Tragedy

Tragedy ???.

The greatest tragedians of antiquity were the fifth-century Greek poets Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.

Avoid the vulgar habit of referring to every sad event as a "tragedy."


From the Guide to Literary Terms by Jack Lynch.
Please send comments to jlynch@andromeda.rutgers.edu.
Note: This guide is still in the early stages of development. Bear with me.