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| Named Person: | Aristophanes.; Aristophane.; Aristophane (0445?-0386? av. J.-C.).; 0445?-0386? av J -C Aristophane; Dionysos, (divinité grecque) |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ismene Lada-Richards |
| ISBN: | 0198149816 9780198149811 |
| OCLC Number: | 39157717 |
| Description: | xxiv, 387 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. 'Dionysiac' and 'Heraclean' in the Prologue of the Frogs -- 2. 'Separation', 'Limen', 'Aggregation': The Frogs as a 'Rite of Passage' -- 3. The God of Wine and the Frogs -- 4. Initiation through Acting -- 5. Dionysus, the Poets, and the Polis -- 6. Aeschylus: A 'Dionysiac' Poet? -- 7. Dionysus 'Returns' to Heracles -- 8. Dionysus the Civic Viewer -- 9. Dionysus, Comedy, and Tragedy -- App. Ritual Disguise in the Greek World -- Index of Frogs Passages Discussed. |
| Responsibility: | Ismene Lada-Richards. |
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Abstract:
This text offers a multidisciplinary interpretation of Aristophanes' "Frogs". Drawing on a wide range of literary and anthropological approaches, it seeks to explore how membership of Greek 5th-century society would have shaped one's understanding of the play and, more specifically, of Dionysus.
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