Aristophanes and the Poetics of Competition - Biles, Zachary P. (Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania)
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Athenian comedy was written for performance in competitions at religious festivals. This book applies traditional philological techniques to five of Aristophanes' plays in order to demonstrate how that competitive context shaped his poetry and plots, as he sought to engage his rivals and impress the audience in order to win.

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Athenian comedy was written for performance in competitions at religious festivals. This book applies traditional philological techniques to five of Aristophanes' plays in order to demonstrate how that competitive context shaped his poetry and plots, as he sought to engage his rivals and impress the audience in order to win.
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Autorenporträt
Zachary P. Biles is Assistant Professor of Classics at Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania, USA. Junior Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University, Washington DC (2004-5), and Professor at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, Rome (2003-4), he was awarded the Basil Gildersleeve Prize from the American Journal of Philology and Johns Hopkins University Press in 2003.