"The Soul of Tragedy: Essays on Athenian Drama is a collection of essays in honor of Charles Segal (1936-2002), whose contributions to the study of Greek tragedy over several decades give him a fair claim to the title "soul of tragedy." This collection is more than a standard Festschrift, however, as it comprises the efforts of some of the field's top scholars, working with several different plays, in several different methodological traditions (primarily, but not entirely, structuralism, psychoanalysis, and feminist criticism). The book is not only an important resource for any professional student of Greek tragedy, but, in the richness of its methodological approaches, would also serve as a helpful introduction in a graduate seminar on literary criticism and tragedy."
— Norman B. Sandridge, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"A celebration and a model of collaboration that will be essential reading for scholars in classics, literature, and drama."—Fabula
— Fabula
"The essays give the reader many fascinating perspectives on some of the main approaches to the study of Athenian drama today."
— Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Clio