Aristophanes and Alcibiades : echoes of contemporary history in Athenian comedy /
"This study of Aristophanes provides the basis for a total re-assessment not only of Aristophanes as a poet and playwright, but also of our perception of politics and the role of the theatre in classical Athens. It shows how Aristophanes used allegorical means to comment on the day-to-day polit...
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| 300 | |a xix, 241 pages ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-223) and indexes | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and indexes | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g Chapter 1 |t Political Allegory in Aristophanes |g 1 -- |t "Emphasis" |g 1 -- |t Alcibiades' Violence |g 3 -- |t Alcibiades' Speech Defect; Legal Constraints on Comedy |g 4 -- |t The κωμωδουμενοι |g 6 -- |t The Problem with Political Allegory |g 10 -- |t Ambiguity in Greece |g 12 -- |t Aristophanes' Sophisticated Audience |g 14 -- |t Polymorphic Characterization |g 16 -- |g Chapter 2 |t Wordplay; Pericles, Alcibiades and Aspasia on Stage |g 19 -- |t Wordplay, History and Ambiguity |g 19 -- |t Alcibiades and Pericles |g 21 -- |t Pericles' Reputation |g 24 -- |t Aristophanes and Politics |g 27 -- |t The Text of Aristophanes |g 31 -- |g Chapter 3 |t Pericles (and Alcibiades) on Stage: The Story So Far |g 33 -- |t Acharnians (425 BC) |g 33 -- |t Knights (424 BC) |g 34 -- |t Clouds (423 BC) |g 35 -- |t Wasps (422 BC) |g 37 -- |t Peace (421 BC) |g 37 -- |t Birds (414 BC) |g 38 -- |g Chapter 4 |t The Tragic Context: the Case of Euripides' Ion |g 42 -- |t Euripides Ion |g 46 -- |t Ion and Alcibiades |g 48 -- |t Sophocles Ajax and Alcibiades |g 53 -- |t Pericles and Delphi |g 54 -- |t Aspasia the Ionian |g 56 -- |g Chapter 5 |t Happy Families: Plutus i |g 58 -- |t The κωμωδουμενοι |g 59 -- |t The Opening Scene |g 65 -- |t Wealth Declares Himself |g 67 -- |g Chapter 6 |t Home Economics: Plutus ii |g 74 -- |t Poverty |g 76 -- |t The Visit to Asclepius |g 78 -- |t The Honest Man and the Sycophant |g 81 -- |t Ménage à trois |g 82 -- |t Hermes and the Priest of Zeus |g 85 -- |t The Finale |g 87 -- |g Chapter 7 |t "The Woman of Old": Euripides' Helen and Andromeda |g 89 -- |t Chronology |g 90 -- |t "Archipiada" |g 92 -- |t Egypt |g 94 -- |t Love, Honour and Beauty |g 95 -- |t Theonoe, Piety and Purification; Teucer |g 98 -- |t Menelaus |g 99 -- |t Theoclymenus |g 102 -- |t The Second Stasimon |g 104 -- |t Shaving, Sacrifice and Sobriety |g 105 -- |t Andromeda |g 107 -- |g Chapter 8 |t "Alcibiades is a Woman's Man": Lysistrata |g 109 -- |t Alcibiades and Samos |g 111 -- |t Caryatids and Tyranny |g 113 -- |t The Opening Scene of Lysistrata |g 115 -- |t Lysistrata's masculine characterization |g 119 -- |t Lampito |g 120 -- |t Generals at Samos |g 122 -- |t Cinesias and Myrrhine |g 125 -- |g Chapter 9 |t Alcibiades in Gaol: Thesmophoriazusae |g 129 -- |t The Date of the Play |g 129 -- |t The dramatis personae |g 131 -- |g i |t The Kinsman |g 131 -- |g ii |t Euripides |g 132 -- |g iii |t Agathon |g 134 -- |g iv |t The Scythian Archer |g 135 -- |t The Interview with Agathon |g 136 -- |t The Festival, etc |g 140 -- |t Palamedes, Helen and Andromeda |g 143 -- |t Thucydides' End |g 146 -- |g Chapter 10 |t Frogs: Nothing to Do With Literature |g 149 -- |t Dionysus' Question |g 149 -- |t Lions in the State and Aeschylus |g 150 -- |t Losing Little Oiljars |g 153 -- |t Exiles and Euripides |g 154 -- |t Dionysus, Xanthias, Heracles |g 157 -- |t Why Does Aeschylus Win? |g 160 -- |g Chapter 11 |t Aspasia on Stage: Ecclesiazusae |g 163 -- |t Aspasia in the Fourth Century |g 163 -- |t Polymorphic Characterization |g 166 -- |t Pericles, Alcibiades |g 167 -- |t Aspasia, Alcibiades and Hipparete |g 170 -- |t Speaking Names |g 175 -- |t Hipparete, Aspasia and Alcibiades |g 176 -- |t Aspasia, Plato and Aristotle |g 177. |
| 520 | |a "This study of Aristophanes provides the basis for a total re-assessment not only of Aristophanes as a poet and playwright, but also of our perception of politics and the role of the theatre in classical Athens. It shows how Aristophanes used allegorical means to comment on the day-to-day political concerns of Athenians, in particular the problems presented by the gradual emergence of Alcibiades as one of the most powerful figures in the state." -- |c Provided by publisher | ||
| 520 | 2 | |a "This study of Aristophanes provides the basis for a total re-assessment not only of Aristophanes as a poet and playwright, but also of our perception of politics and the role of the theatre in classical Athens. It shows how Aristophanes used allegorical means to comment on the day-to-day political concerns of Athenians, in particular the problems presented by the gradual emergence of Alcibiades as one of the most powerful figures in the state." -- |c Provided by publisher | |
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