Format:
XIV, 229 S.
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
9781107040823
Series Statement:
Cambridge Classical Studies
Content:
"Aristophanes' comic masterpiece Thesmophoriazusae has long been recognized amongst the plays of Old Comedy for its deconstruction of tragic theatricality. This book reveals that this deconstruction is grounded not simply in Aristophanes' wider engagement with tragic realism. Rather, it demonstrates that from its outset Aristophanes' play draws upon Parmenides' philosophical revelations concerning reality and illusion, employing Eleatic strictures and imagery to philosophize the theatrical situation, criticize Aristophanes' poetic rival Euripides as promulgator of harmful deceptions, expose the dangerous complicity of Athenian theatre audiences in tragic illusion, and articulate political advice to an audience negotiating a period of political turmoil characterized by deception and uncertainty (the months before the oligarchic coup of 411 BC). The book thereby restores Thesmophoriazusae to its proper status as a philosophical comedy and reveals hitherto unrecognized evidence of Aristophanes' political use of Eleatic ideas during the late fifth century BC"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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Machine generated contents note: Proagon: a tragic fable; 1. Introduction; 2. Rereading the prologue; 3. Sophistic models: Eristic and 4. On what [it] is not: Gorgias and Empedocles; 5. On what [it] is: Parmenides, para-Doxa, and mortal error.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Clements, Ashley Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2014 ISBN 9781107040823
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Aristophanes v445-v385 Thesmophoriazusae
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Aristophanes v445-v385 Thesmophoriazusae
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