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Genre: tragedy (Conventions and features (Contemplates the role of man and…

- - - - Aeschylus (c. 525-456 BCE)
        
        creator of the Oresteia trilogy (comprised of Agamemnon, Choephoroi and Eumenides)
      - Sophocles (c. 469-406 BCE)
        
        Oedipus Rex - mythical Greek king of Thebes and tragic hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus accidentally fulfilled a prophecy that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother, thereby bringing disaster to his city and family
      - Euripides (c. 480-406 BCE)
        
        Medea - lover of Jason (of the Argonauts, finder of the Golden Fleece); she assisted Jason, who then spurned her for the daughter of the King of Corinth
    - - He observed it represented a single action of a certain magnitude that provoked in the audience the emotions of pity and terror which were then resolved or dissolved by the catharsis of the play's climax.
        
        He noted that certain features of the plot were common, notably the existence of some connection between the protagonist's downfall and their preceding behaviour (i.e. their hamartia or "fatal flaw").
        
        He also theorised the general structure of tragedy, which is as follows: inciting incident -> rising action -> CLIMAX (plot reversal, change of fortune or PERIPETIA) -> falling action and CATHARSIS (purge of pity, fear) -> Denouement, resolution, END