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THE STAGING OF MENANDER'S SIKYONIOI

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

Federico Favi
Federico Favi*
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Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
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*Email: federico.favi@unive.it
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Abstract

The aim of this article is twofold. First, it collects and discusses the evidence that supports A. M. Belardinelli's identification of the speakers in lines 150–271 of Menander's Sikyonioi; her reconstruction can also be strengthened and improved upon in some important details. Further, a re-examination of line 169 allows for a new interpretation of the staging of the play: three stage doors need to be active, and the third stage building is a shrine which Eleusinios enters to take part in the sacrifice.

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The Cambridge Classical Journal , Volume 67 , December 2021 , pp. 51 - 65
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Cambridge Philological Society

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Footnotes

I wish to thank Luigi Battezzato, Daniela Colomo, and Lucia Prauscello for discussing this paper with me. I am also grateful to the anonymous referee for his valuable suggestions. Tom McConnell has kindly revised the English of this piece, and Iveta Adams has suggested several stylistic improvements to the text. All responsibility remains my own.

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