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Thesmophoriazusae / Aristophanes ; edited with introduction and commentary, Colin Austin and S. Douglas Olson.

By:

Aristophanes [author]

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.Description: cvi, 363 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780199265275
0199265275
9780199553839

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

882.01

Summary: "Aristophanes' brilliantly inventive Thesmophoriazusae is the story of the crucial moment in a quarrel between the tragic playwright Euripides and Athens' women, who accuse him of slandering them in his plays and are holding a meeting at a secret festival to set a penalty for his crimes. Thesmophoriazusae is full of wild slapstick humour and devastating literary parody, and is a basic source for questions of gender and sexuality in late 5th century Athens and for the popular reception of Euripidean tragedy. Austin and Olson offer a text based on a fresh examination of the papyri and manuscripts, and a detailed commentary covering a wide range of literary, historical, and philological issues. The introduction includes sections on the date and historical setting of the play; the Thesmophoria festival; Aristophanes' handling of Euripidean tragedy; staging; and the history of modern critical work on the text. All Greek in the introduction and commentary not cited for technical reasons is translated." -- Back cover.

List(s) this item appears in: Anne Stewart's Collection

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	882.01 ARI 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000011412

Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

"Aristophanes' brilliantly inventive Thesmophoriazusae is the story of the crucial moment in a quarrel between the tragic playwright Euripides and Athens' women, who accuse him of slandering them in his plays and are holding a meeting at a secret festival to set a penalty for his crimes.
Thesmophoriazusae is full of wild slapstick humour and devastating literary parody, and is a basic source for questions of gender and sexuality in late 5th century Athens and for the popular reception of Euripidean tragedy. Austin and Olson offer a text based on a fresh examination of the papyri and manuscripts, and a detailed commentary covering a wide range of literary, historical, and philological issues. The introduction includes sections on the date and historical setting of the play; the Thesmophoria festival; Aristophanes' handling of Euripidean tragedy; staging; and the history of modern critical work on the text. All Greek in the introduction and commentary not cited for technical reasons is translated." -- Back cover.

Text in Greek with introduction and commentary in English.