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03310aam a2200457 i 4500 001 DA7F4F04EE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220617010046 008 210204t20212021enkb b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021005479 020 $a 1350187321 020 $a 9781350187320 035 $a (OCoLC)1226565553 040 $a ICU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YUS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-gr--- 050 00 $a PA3978 $b .B277 2021 082 00 $a 882/.0109 $2 23 100 1 $a Barzini, Luigi, $e author. 245 10 $a Mystery cults, theatre and Athenian politics : $b a reading of Euripides' Bacchae and Aristophanes' Frogs / $c Luigi Barzini. 264 1 $a London ; $b Bloomsbury Academic, $c 2021. 300 $a ix, 260 pages : $b maps ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Bloomsbury Classical Studies Monographs 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "This new comparative reading of Euripides' Bacchae and Aristophanes' Frogs sets the two plays squarely in their contemporary social and political context and explores their impact on the audiences of the time. Both were composed during a crucial period of Athenian political life following the oligarchic seizure of power in 411 BC and the restoration of democracy in 410 BC, and were in all likelihood produced nearly simultaneously a few months before the rise of the Thirty Tyrants and the ensuing civil war. They also demonstrate significant similarities that are particularly notable among extant Attic theatre productions, including the role of the god Dionysos as protagonist and architect of religious and political action, and the presence of Demetrian and Dionysiac mystic choruses as proponents of the appeasement of civil discord as the cure for Athens' ills. Focusing on the mystic, civic and political content of both Bacchae and Frogs, this volume offers not only a new reading of the plays, but also an interdisciplinary perspective on the special characteristics of mystery cults in Athens in their political context and the nature of theatrical audiences and their reaction to mystic themes. Its illumination of the function of each play at a pivotal moment in fifth-century Athenian politics will be of value to scholars and students of ancient Greek drama, religion and history"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a Euripides. $t Bacchae. 600 00 $a Aristophanes. $t Frogs. 630 07 $a Bacchae (Euripides) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01357895 630 07 $a Frogs (Aristophanes) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01356867 650 0 $a Greek drama $x History and criticism. 651 0 $a Greece $x Politics and government $y To 146 B.C. 650 7 $a Greek drama. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00947127 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a Greece. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01208380 648 7 $a To 146 B.C. $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Barzini, Luigi, $t Mystery cults, theatre and athenian politics $b 1. $d New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. $z 9781350187337 $w (DLC) 2021005480 830 0 $a Bloomsbury classical studies monographs. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117012936.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DA7F4F04EE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search