Format:
Online-Ressource (290 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781107008557
Content:
Greek comedy offers a unique insight into the reality of life as a slave, giving this disenfranchised group a 'voice'
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; Figures; Notes on contributors; Preface; A note on the spelling of ancient Greek in English; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction: slaves and slavery in ancient Greek comedy; Chattel slavery in classical Athens; The evidence of comedy for the social distribution of slave ownership; Patterns of slaveholding and socio-economic status in comedy; Slaves in comedy: verisimilitude or distortion?; The economics of slaveholding; The wealth and poverty of Aristophanic heroes; What is comic about slaves and slavery?; The present collection of essays
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Chapter 2 Slaves and politics in early Aristophanic comedyAcharnians and Peace; Wasps and Knights; Slavery and politics in Aristophanes' early plays; Chapter 3 Slavery, drama and the alchemy of identity in Aristophanes; Making slavery natural: the 'democratic' implications of comic critique; Identity theft in Frogs; Dionysus and the rebirth of tragedy; Chapter 4 Slaves in the fragments of Old Comedy; The Aristophanic slave; Domestics; Prostitutes; Slaves in leading roles; Scythian archers?; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Aristophanes, slaves and history
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Chapter 6 A comedy of errors: the comic slave in Greek artThe grotesque: comic costume as an expression of slavishness; The ideal; Identifying slaves: slave versus slavish; Conclusion; Chapter 7 Menander's slaves: the banality of violence; Chapter 8 Coping with punishment: the social networking of slaves in Menander; Slaves in ancient Athens; The slave in Menander; The body of the slave; Networking among slaves; Chapter 9 Sex slaves in New Comedy; Sex slavery; Sex trafficking; Linguistic isolation; Sex tourism; Menander; True love; Chapter 10 'Phlyax' slaves: from vase to stage?; Slave masks
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Popular slavesChapter 11 Tokens of identity in Menander's Epitrepontes: slaves, citizens and in-betweens; Token power; The insecurity of status: Syros; The insecurity of status: Habrotonon; Conclusion; References; Index locorum; General index;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781139615693
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107008557
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greek Comic Drama
Language:
English
Keywords:
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