We might think we are through with the past, but the past isn't through with us. Tragedy permits us to come face-to-face with what we do not know about ourselves but that which makes those selves who we are. Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us is a compelling examination of ancient Greek origins in the development and history of tragedy⁠—a story that represents what we thought we knew about the poets, dramatists, and philosophers of ancient Greece⁠—and shows them to us in an unfamiliar, unexpected, and original light.