The City As Comedy
Subtitle: Society and Representation in Athenian Drama
Contributors: Gregory Dobrow (Editor); Gregory W. Dobrov (Editor)
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: February 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9780807823378
Subjects: Plays & playwrights: classical, early & medieval; History: World; Drama; Comedy (Drama); Greek Literature; Literature and society; Literary Criticism; Performing Arts; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Greek drama (Comedy); Greece; Ancient and Classical; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Theater - History & Criticism; Athens; City and town life in literature; History and criticism
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.