CRATINUS AND THE ART OF COMEDY
IN THIS MONOGRAPH Bakola has substantially revised her London doctoral thesis (2006) into five studies of the comedy of Cratinus, with the aim of separating him (as far as possible) from the dominating shadow of Aristophanes and seeing him as a pivotal figure in the history of comedy. For Dionysalex...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Phoenix (Toronto) 2011, Vol.65 (1/2), p.159 |
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| Format: | Review |
| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | IN THIS MONOGRAPH Bakola has substantially revised her London doctoral thesis (2006) into five studies of the comedy of Cratinus, with the aim of separating him (as far as possible) from the dominating shadow of Aristophanes and seeing him as a pivotal figure in the history of comedy. For Dionysalexandros she develops Ebert's suggestion that the Judgement scene had Hermes, Dionysus-Alexandros, and Aphrodite as speaking roles, with mute figures Tyrannis and Eupsychia (I prefer Euthyehia) symbolising the bribes of Hera and Athena.4 But surely a beauty contest needs all three participants present. |
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| ISSN: | 0031-8299 1929-4883 |