The purpose of this article is to discuss Nietzsche's theory on the rebirth of the tragic presented in his early writings as part of the German cultural project introduced by Winckelmann, Goethe and Schiller in the second half of the 18th century. Departing from the idea that this project established Greece as a model to be followed by Germany, I will point out Nietzsche's supporting views to it as well as his innovative idea of bringing together the philosophy of Schopenhauer and the music of Wagner to think the Greek culture.
Art; Tragic; Greece; Germany