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Author:

Rothwell, Kenneth S. (Kenneth Sprague)

Title:

Nature, culture, and the origins of Greek comedy : a study of animal choruses / Kenneth S. Rothwell, Jr.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xiv, 326 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Greek drama (Comedy)--Theory, etc.--Theory, etc.
Drama--Chorus (Greek drama)
Aristophanes--Criticism and interpretation.
Animals in literature

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-315) and index.

Contents:

Komos, symposium, and performance -- Animal choruses : the evidence of vase-painting -- Animals and satyrs in Classical Greece : an excursus -- The literary fragments and Aristophanes' Knights, Wasps, and Frogs -- Aristophanes' Birds and the rise of civilization.

ISBN:

9780521860666
0521860660

OCLC:

(OCoLC)64595878

LCCN:

2006007801

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)