Aristophanes and his tragic muse : comedy, tragedy and the polis in 5th century Athens /

Aristophanes and his tragic muse : comedy, tragedy and the polis in 5th century Athens /

Despite the many studies of Greek comedy and tragedy separately, scholarship has generally neglected the relation of the two. And yet the genres developed together, were performed together, and influenced each other to the extent of becoming polar opposites. In Aristophanes and His Tragic Muse , Ste...

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Main Author: Nelson, Stephanie.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 390.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

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Aristophanes > Criticism and interpretation.
Greek drama > History and criticism.

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505 0 0 |a Front Matter -- Introduction -- Comedy and Tragedy in Athens -- Satyr Drama and the Cyclops: Where Tragedy and Comedy Meet -- The Acharnians and the Paradox of the City -- The Wasps: Comic Heroes/Tragic Heroes -- Oedipus Tyrannos and the Knights: Oracles, Divine and Human -- Persians, Peace, and Birds: God and Man in Wartime -- Women at the Thesmophoria and Frogs: Aristophanes on Tragedy and Comedy -- Conclusion: The Dionysia's Many Voices -- Synopses -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. 
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