A COMPANION TO ARISTOPHANES
A Companion to Aristophanes provides a comprehensive, systematic, and sophisticated treatment of the life and work of one of the world's great literary figures. Bringing together contributions by an international panel of scholars, this innovative volume situates each of Aristophanes' eleven surviving plays within discussion of key themes relevant to the study of the Aristophanic corpus and its place in literary and cultural history.
In-depth yet accessible chapters incorporate material culture and performance context, offer methodological and theoretical insights into the study of Aristophanes, and demonstrate the relevance of Aristophanes to modern life. Each chapter focused on a particular play is paired with a theme that is exemplified by that play, such as gender, sexuality, religion, and satire.
With an emphasis on understanding Greek comedy and its ancient Athenian context, this Companion contains approaches to Aristophanes through criticism, performance, translation, and teaching that are designed to encourage and inform future work on Greek comedy.
With detailed syllabi and lesson plans for integrating the material into college curricula, A Companion to Aristophanes is an essential resource for advanced students and instructors, academic scholars, university libraries, and non-specialists interested in Aristophanes, Greek drama, classical Athens, or the ancient Mediterranean world.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Illustrations xi
Notes on Contributors xii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1
Matthew C. Farmer and Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
Part I The World of Aristophanes 5
1 Aristophanes Among Athenians 7
Donald Lateiner and Rosaria Munson
2 The Staging of Old Comedy 21
A. C. Duncan
3 Meter and Song 35
Anne Mahoney
4 Style, Language, and Obscenity 46
Stephen E. Kidd
5 Images of Greek Comedy 56
Carl A. Shaw
6 Politics and Aristophanic Comedy 70
Edith Hall
Part II The Comedies of Aristophanes 89
7 Acharnians: Tragedy and Epic 91
Stephanie Nelson
8 Knights: Political Satire 107
Natalia Tsoumpra
9 Clouds: Intellectuals and Philosophy 127
Olimpia Imperio
10 Wasps: Rhetoric and the Law 149
Nikoletta Kanavou
11 Peace: War 165
Elena Fabbro
12 Birds: Utopia 183
David Konstan
13 Lysistrata: Sexuality 196
Kate Gilhuly
14 Women at the Thesmophoria: Religion and Ritual 212
Helene P. Foley
15 Frogs: Metaphor and Allegory 228
Anna A. Novokhatko
16 Assemblywomen: Gender 247
Gwendolyn Compton-Engle
17 Wealth: Economic Fantasies 262
Ralph M. Rosen
Part III The Fragments of Greek Comedy 279
18 Aristophanes' Lost Plays 281
Christian Orth
19 Aristophanes' Predecessors 292
Serena Perrone
20 Aristophanes' Contemporaries 304
Sarah N. Miles
21 Aristophanes' Successors 319
Anna Uhlig
Part IV Aristophanes and His Readers 337
22 Aristophanes Between Plato and Aristotle 339
Pierre Destré e
23 Ancient Scholarship on Aristophanes 352
Andreas Willi
24 Aristophanes in Roman Literature 368
Jennifer L. Ferriss-Hill
25 Aristophanes and the Second Sophistic 381
Inger N. I. Kuin
26 Renaissance and Early Modern Reception of Aristophanes 393
Malika Bastin-Hammou
Part V Aristophanes Today 407
27 Performing Aristophanes 409
Philip Walsh
28 Teaching Aristophanes 423
Elizabeth Scharffenberger
Index 438
