228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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Aristophanes and Women , first published in 1993, investigates the workings of the great Athenian comedian’s ‘women plays’ in an attempt to discern why they were in fact probably quite funny to their original audiences. It is argued that modern students, scholars, and dramatists need to consider much more closely the conditions of the plays’ ancient productions when evaluating their ostensible... Read more
List of figures; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction 1. The Representations of Female Figures in Aristophanes’ Plays before 411 BC 2. Women as Women, Men as Men: Lysistrata 3. Men as Women: Thesmophoriazusae 4. Women as Men: Ecclesiazusae 5. The Legacy of Aristophanes’ Women; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Index of passages discussed.
Biography
Lauren Taaffe
