The Court of Comedy Aristophanes, Rhetoric, and Democracy in Fifth-Century Athens /
Wilfred E. Major.
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sicilian pioneers of comedy and rhetoric and their transmission to Athens -- Old comedy and proto-rhetoric in Athens before 425 B.C.E. : the age of Pericles -- The young comic playwrights attack, 425-421 B.C.E. -- The years of confidence, 421-414 B.C.E. -- Crawling from the wreckage, 411 B.C.E. -- Tongues, frogs, and the last stand.
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Aristophanes--Criticism and interpretation.
Greek drama (Comedy)--History and criticism. Rhetoric, Ancient--History.