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The court of comedy : Aristophanes, rhetoric, and democracy in fifth-century Athens
Title:
The court of comedy : Aristophanes, rhetoric, and democracy in fifth-century Athens
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Wilfred E. Major.
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Publication Information:
Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2013.
Physical Description:
viii, 232 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780814212240

9780814293263
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-220) and indexes.
Contents:
Sicilian pioneers of comedy and rhetoric and their transmission to Athens -- Old comedy and proto-rhetoric in Athens before 425 B.C.E. : the age of Pericles -- The young comic playwrights attack, 425-421 B.C.E. -- The years of confidence, 421-414 B.C.E. -- Crawling from the wreckage, 411 B.C.E. -- Tongues, frogs, and the last stand.
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