Aristophanes: Myth, Ritual and Comedy

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Aristophanes: Myth, Ritual and Comedy

Aristophanes: Myth, Ritual and Comedy

Name: Aristophanes: Myth, Ritual and Comedy
ISBN: 9780521440127

A. M. Bowie

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This book examines the plays of the Greek comic writer Aristophanes and attempts to reconstruct the responses of the original audiences by using anthropological techniques to compare the plays with those Greek myths and rituals that share similar story patterns or subject matter. It is the first book to apply this type of analysis systematically to all the comedies, and also differs from earlier studies in that it does not impose a single interpretative structure on the plays. All Greek is translated.

Categories:

Society, Politics & Philosophy - Anthropology

Year:

2005

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Language:

english

Pages:

345

ISBN 10:

0521575753