Aristophanes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521575751)

This book examines the plays of the Greek comic writer Aristophanes and attempts to reconstruct the responses of the original audiences by using anthropological techniques to compare the plays with those Greek myths and rituals that share similar story patterns or subject matter. It is the first book to apply this type of analysis systematically to all the comedies, and also differs from earlier studies in that it does not impose a single interpretative structure on the plays. All Greek is translated.

Author: A. M. Bowie
ISBN-10: 0521575753
ISBN-13: 9780521575751
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/13/1996
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.93h x 5.95w x 0.71d