| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 291 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature |
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Oxford approaches to classical literature.
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| Contents |
1.Comedy at Athens -- 2. Aristophanes and His Athenian Audience -- 3. What Happens in Frogs? (The Plot) -- 4. Agon Sophias: Judging the Arts in Classical Greece -- 5. Old and New Styles in Tragedy: Aeschylus, Euripides, and the Rest -- 6. Underworld and Afterlife: Dionysus and Greek Fantasies of Salvation -- 7. Dionysus' Verdict and the Ending/Message of the Play -- 8. Reading and Performing Frogs After Aristophanes -- Reception |
| Summary |
Aristophanes is widely credited with having elevated the classical art of comedy to the level of legitimacy and recognition that only tragedy had hitherto achieved, and producing some of the most intriguing works of literature to survive from classical Greece in the process. Among them, Frogs has a unique appeal; written and performed in 405 BCE, the comedy won first prize in that year's Lenaea festival competition and was re-performed soon thereafter--a rare occurrence for comedies at the time |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Aristophanes. Frogs.
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| SUBJECT |
Frogs (Aristophanes) fast |
| Subject |
DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012008786 |
| ISBN |
9780198043850 |
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0198043856 |
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0195327721 |
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9780195327724 |
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