The Rivals of Aristophanes: Studies in Athenian Old ComedyDue to the scarcity of surviving texts by other poets, it is easy to forget that Aristophanes wrote for competition and that rivalry was an important component in the rhetoric of his comedies, especially Clouds and Knights . This important study, comprising 26 essays by leading international scholars presented at a conference held at the Institute of Classical Studies in London in 1996, aims to promote a better understanding of Aristophanes' work by assessing that of his many rivals, including Cratinus, Hermippus and Eupolis, who regularly triumphed over Aristophanes at major civic festivals. The papers also consider the evidence for Aristophanes' rival poets in other sources, notably painted vases. The chapters are divided into five sections: editing comic fragments, poets of Old Comedy, the transition to Middle Comedy, literary themes and social themes. Contributors: Kenneth Dover, W Geoffrey Arnott, Wolfgang Luppe, Ralph M Rosen, James Davidson, S Douglas Olson, Dwora Gilula, David Harvey, Jeffrey Henderson, David Braund, Giorgos Kavvadias, Ian C Storey, Thomas Braun, Heinz-Guenther Nesselrath, Keith Sidwell, N J Lowe, Bernhard Zimmermann, Stephen Colvin, Michael Silk, Angus Bowie, John Wilkins, Nick Fisher, Andrew Dalby, Edith Hall, Christopher Carey, Alan H Sommerstein, Paola Ceccarelli, Ian Ruffell. |
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Contents
On editing fragments from literary and lexicographic sources | 1 |
The rivalry between Aristophanes and Kratinos | 15 |
Cratinus Pytine and the construction of the comic self | 23 |
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| Title | The Rivals of Aristophanes: Studies in Athenian Old Comedy |
| Author | F. David Harvey |
| Editors | F. David Harvey, John Wilkins |
| Contributor | Kenneth James Dover |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Duckworth and the Classical Press of Wales, 2000 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Apr 14, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0715630458, 9780715630457 |
| Length | 556 pages |
| Subjects | › Poetry / Ancient & Classical |
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