Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greek Comic Drama

Herausgeber: Akrigg, Ben; Tordoff, Rob

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Produktbeschreibung

Greek comedy offers a unique insight into the reality of life as a slave, giving this disenfranchised group a 'voice'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781107008557
• ISBN-10: 1107008557
• Artikelnr.: 36616698

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: slaves and slavery in ancient Greek comedy Rob Tordoff
2. Slaves and politics in early Aristophanic comedy S. Douglas Olson
3. Slavery, drama and the alchemy of identity in Aristophanes Susan Lape
4. Slaves in the fragments of old comedy Donald Sells
5. Aristophanes, slaves and history Ben Akrigg
6. A comedy of errors: the comic slave in Greek art Kelly Wrenhaven
7. Menander's slaves: the banality of violence David Konstan
8. Coping with punishment: the social networking of slaves in Menander Cheryl Cox
9. Sex slaves in new comedy C. W. Marshall
10. 'Phlyax' slaves: from vase to stage? Kathryn Bosher
11. Tokens of identity in Menander's Epitrepontes: slaves, citizens and in-betweens Christina Vester.