Title Aristophanes and the comic hero / by Cedric H. Whitman

Published Cambridge, Mass. : Published for Oberlin College by Harvard University Press, 1964

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Description ix, 333 pages ; 24 cm Series Martin classical lectures ; v. 19 Martin classical lectures ; v. 19 Contents Criticism and old comedy -- Comic heroism -- City and individual. Acharnians ; Knights ; Peace -- The war between the generations. Clouds ; Wasps -- The anatomy of nothingness. Birds -- The war between the sexes. Lysistrata ; Thesmophoriazusae -- Death and life. Frogs -- Discourse of fantasy -- Appendix. Karaghiozes and Aristophanic comedy Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 297-328) Notes Also issued online Subject Aristophanes -- Characters -- Heroes Aristophanes -- Criticism and interpretation. Aristophanes. Comedy. Greek drama (Comedy) Heroes in literature. Mock-heroic literature. Author Oberlin College. LC no. 64022724 ISBN 0674045009

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