Aristophanes Myth, Ritual and Comedy |
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| Author:
| Bowie, A. M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-44012-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1993 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $94.99 |
Book Description:
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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 which share similar story-patterns or subject-matter.
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 which share similar story-patterns or subject-matter.