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The Court of Comedy

Major, Wilfred E., 1967-

The Court of Comedy Aristophanes, Rhetoric, and Democracy in Fifth-Century Athens / [electronic resource] : Wilfred E. Major. - Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2013. - 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.


Electronic books.

PA3265 / .M34 2013

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