Rate My Professor Eric Csapo

Csapo's research centers on Classical mythology, literature, drama, philosophy, religion, art, and social history, with a primary focus on Greek drama and theatre history. He has pioneered reconstructions of ancient theatrical practices, including costume, acting, music, dance, and festival production. In collaboration with Peter Wilson, he co-directs the project Documents for a Social and Economic History of the Theatre to 300 BC, with volumes including Theatre Beyond Athens (Cambridge University Press, 2020), The Theatre Festivals of Athens (forthcoming, 2025), Theatre People and Patrons (in progress), and a synthetic volume. Key publications include The Context of Ancient Drama (University of Michigan Press, 1995, with W.J. Slater), Theories of Mythology (Blackwell, 2005), Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), and Greek Theatre in the Fourth Century BC (De Gruyter, 2014, editor). In 2016, he was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, recognized as a leading authority on theatrical practice in Athens and the Greek world from the 6th century BC to the 6th century AD. His work covers festivals, administration, finance, music, staging, actors, iconography, epigraphy, theatre buildings, and dramatic literature.