"In this lavish and learned book, Oliver Taplin presents more than a hundred vases that can be associated with the three great Athenian tragedians."
Alan Shapiro
W.H. Collins Vickers Professor of Archaeology
The Johns Hopkins University

"Oliver Taplin is not only one of the best readers and interpreters of Greek tragedy but he has also acquired a sharp eye and exciting way of looking at Greek vases."
Professor François Lissarrague
Centre Louis Gernet
Paris

"Replaces and surpasses all previous illustrated studies of the relationship between dramatic productions and vases portraying scenes from plays."
David Sider
Professor of Classics
New York University