Nature, culture, and the origins of Greek comedy
Subtitle: a study of animal choruses
By: Kenneth S. Rothwell, Jr.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780521860666; 9780521860666
Subjects: Aristophanes -- Criticism and interpretation.; Greek drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Drama -- Chorus (Greek drama); Animals in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-315) and index.
Table of contents: title: Komos, symposium, and performance; title: Animal choruses : the evidence of vase-painting; title: Animals and satyrs in Classical Greece : an excursus; title: The literary fragments and Aristophanes' Knights, Wasps, and Frogs; title: Aristophanes' Birds and the rise of civilization.