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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      19 August 2009
      30 September 1993
      ISBN:
      9780511518362
      9780521440127
      9780521575751
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511518362
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.526kg, 348 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.479kg, 348 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Physical Anthropology, Classical Studies, Classical Literature, Anthropology
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    This book places the plays of Aristophanes in their contemporary context, asking what aspects of Greek, and especially Athenian, culture these comedies brought into play for their original audiences. It makes particular use of the structural analysis of Greek rituals and myths to demonstrate how their meanings and functions can be used to interpret the plays. This information is then used to suggest ways in which twentieth-century audiences may read the plays in terms of contemporary literary theories and concerns. This is the first book to apply the techniques of structural anthropology systematically to all the comedies. It does not impose a single interpretative structure on the plays but argues that each play operates with a range of different structures, and that groups of plays use similar structures in different ways. All Greek is translated.

    Reviews

    "Bowie's book is a refreshing examination of Aristophanes's use of myth and ritual." Martha Habash, Classical Journal

    "...the reader will find a wealth of information and detail about ancient rites and festivals, and there are not few places where one's reading of an Aristophanic comedy will be enlarged and enlightened by the material that Bowie adduces." Classical Views

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