Author: AristophanesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Comedies of Aristophanes /edited by Alan H. Sommerstein: Ecclesiazusae
Author: AristophanesThe Comedies of Aristophanes /edited by Alan H. Sommerstein: Frogs
Author: AristophanesThe Comedies of Aristophanes /edited by Alan H. Sommerstein: Birds
Author: AristophanesThe Comedies of Aristophanes /edited by Alan H. Sommerstein: Indexes
Author: AristophanesThe Comedies of Aristophanes /edited by Alan H. Sommerstein: Thesmophyriazusae
Author: AristophanesEcclesiazusae
Author: AristophanesPublisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 0856687081
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Ecclesiazusae, probably produced in 391 BC, is at once a typically Aristophanic fantasy of gender inversion, obscenity and farce, the earliest surviving work in the western Utopian tradition, and the source of a blueprint for a communist society on which Plato may well have drawn in his Republic.
A Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama
Author: Betine van Zyl SmitPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118347773
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
A Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama offers a series of original essays that represent a comprehensive overview of the global reception of ancient Greek tragedies and comedies from antiquity to the present day. Represents the first volume to offer a complete overview of the reception of ancient drama from antiquity to the present Covers the translation, transmission, performance, production, and adaptation of Greek tragedy from the time the plays were first created in ancient Athens through the 21st century Features overviews of the history of the reception of Greek drama in most countries of the world Includes chapters covering the reception of Greek drama in modern opera and film
The Comedies of Aristophanes /edited by Alan H. Sommerstein: Lysistrata
Author: AristophanesOaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece
Author: Alan H. SommersteinPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110384876
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions throughout the ancient Greek world, making a crucial contribution to social stability and harmony; yet there has been no comprehensive, dedicated scholarly study of the subject for over a century. This volume of a two-volume study explores the nature of oaths as Greeks perceived it, the ways in which they were used (and sometimes abused) in Greek life and literature, and their inherent binding power.
Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition
Author: Graham SpeakePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135942064
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1941
Book Description
Hellenism is the living culture of the Greek-speaking peoples and has a continuing history of more than 3,500 years. The Encyclopedia of Greece and the HellenicTradition contains approximately 900 entries devoted to people, places, periods, events, and themes, examining every aspect of that culture from the Bronze Age to the present day. The focus throughout is on the Greeks themselves, and the continuities within their own cultural tradition. Language and religion are perhaps the most obvious vehicles of continuity; but there have been many others--law, taxation, gardens, music, magic, education, shipping, and countless other elements have all played their part in maintaining this unique culture. Today, Greek arts have blossomed again; Greece has taken its place in the European Union; Greeks control a substantial proportion of the world's merchant marine; and Greek communities in the United States, Australia, and South Africa have carried the Hellenic tradition throughout the world. This is the first reference work to embrace all aspects of that tradition in every period of its existence.