Aristophanes' comedy of names
Subtitle: a study of speaking names in Aristophanes
By: Nikoletta Kanavou
Series: Sozomena : studies in the recovery of ancient texts -- v. 8
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9783110247060
Subjects: Name; Komödie; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Literarische Gestalt; Names in literature; Greek Names; Greek drama (Comedy)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Terms and categories; title: Names and comedy; title: Names and Aristophanes; title: Some methodological points; title: Acharnians; title: Knights; title: Clouds; title: Wasps; title: Peace; title: Birds; title: Lysistrata; title: Thesmophoriazusae; title: Frogs; title: Ecclesiazusae; title: Wealth; title: Concluding remarks; title: Appendix 1: the fragments of Aristophanes' lost plays; title: Appendix 2: slave-names in the extant comedies; title: Appendix 3: analysis of table; title: Bibliography; title: Index of names; title: Subject index.