The City as Comedy
Subtitle: Society and Representation in Athenian Drama
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: January 20, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780807846452
Subjects: Plays & playwrights: classical, early & medieval; Performing Arts; Group identity; Biography; United States; Literary Criticism; Ancient (Classical) Greek; History: American; USA; History; Ancient and Classical; Theater - History & Criticism; United States - General; 17th century; 18th century; Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Congresses; Identity (Psychology)
First sentence: In the opening scene of Birds, which Aristophanes exhibited at the dramatic festival of the City Dionysia in the year 414 B.C., two Athenian citizens, weary of constant lawsuits back home, take off in search of a better, or at all events less litigious, city in which to take up residence.