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No Laughing Matter : Studies in Athenian Comedy /

A specially commissioned collection of papers covering widely read works, fragmentary plays and lost authors, giving a new perspective on the study of ancient comedy.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Marshall, C. W., 1968-, Kovacs, George, 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Bristol Classical Press, 2012.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Introduction: On Cratinus fr. 342 and Curmudgeons; Acknowledgements; 1. Pursuing Nemesis: Cratinus and Mythological Comedy; 2. A World without Slaves: Crates' Thêria; 3. 'Parade Abuse', 'From the Wagons'; 4. Aristophanes' Acharnians and Eupolis again: Metacomedy in Action; 5. Clouds, Eupolis and Reperformance; 6. Lysistrata's Conspiracy and the Politics of 412 BC; 7. Eleusis and the Public Status of Comedy in Aristophanes' Frogs; 8. Turning Remorse to Good Effect?: Arginusae, Theramenes and Aristophanes' Frogs; 9. Notes on Aristophanes' Frogs.
  • 10. The Women's Decree: Law and its Other in Ecclesiazusae11. Carion Down the Piraeus: The Tragic Messenger Speech in Aristophanes' Wealth; 12. Axionicus, The Euripides Fan; 13. Timocles fr. 6 K-A and the Parody of Greek Literary Theory; 14. Cratinus, Menander and the Daphne Mosaic; Index Locorum; A; C; D; E; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; P; S; T; V; X; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; X; Z.