The Rivals of Aristophanes: Studies in Athenian Old ComedyDavid Harvey, John Wilkins The work of the 'other' comic poets of classical Athens, those who competed with, and in some cases defeated, their (eventually) better-known fellow comedian, Aristophanes, has almost eluded the historical record. The poetry of Cratinus, Phrynichos, Eupolis and the rest has survived only in tantalising, often tiny, fragments and citations. Modern studies in this field have themselves often been difficult of access. Here an exceptional cast of scholars, including most of the leading international authorities, provides a set of 28 interpretative essays to cover every one of these 'other' poets of Athenian Old Comedy for whom significant evidence survives. The work includes a comprehensive bibliography, and is a landmark in the study of Old Comedy. |
Contents
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the case of Karkinos | 65 |
Hermippus and his catalogue of goods fr 63 | 75 |
Phrynichos and his Muses | 91 |
Pherekrates and the women of Old Comedy | 135 |
comic poetry in Old Comedy | 299 |
Myth and ritual in the rivals of Aristophanes | 317 |
Edible choruses | 341 |
social mobility | 355 |
the named wines of Old Comedy | 397 |
Female figures and metapoetry in Old Comedy | 407 |
Old Comedy and the sophists | 419 |
Platon Eupolis and the demagoguecomedy | 437 |
the pompous actor from Scythia? | 151 |
preliminary report | 159 |
Some problems in Eupolis Demoi | 173 |
Eupolis and the periodization of Athenian comedy | 233 |
From Old to Middle to New? Aristotles Poetics and the history | 247 |
Comic plots and the invention of fiction | 259 |
Lyric in the fragments of Old Comedy | 273 |
The language of nonAthenians in Old Comedy | 285 |
Life among the savages and escape from the city in Old Comedy | 453 |
utopia and utopianism in | 473 |
Biographical appendix | 507 |
General bibliography | 527 |
Glossary | 545 |
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