The Resource Aristophanes and Alcibiades : echoes of contemporary history in Athenian comedy, Michael Vickers
Aristophanes and Alcibiades : echoes of contemporary history in Athenian comedy, Michael Vickers
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- Summary
- The conventional view of Aristophanes bristles with problems. Important testimony for Alcibiades' paramount role in comedy is consistently disregarded, and the tradition that "masks were made to look like the komodoumenoi, so that before an actor spoke a word, the audience would recognize who was being attacked" is hardly ever invoked. If these testimonia are taken into account, a fascinating picture emerges, where the komodoumenoi are based on the Periclean household: older characters on Pericles himself, younger on Alcibiades. Aspasia, Pericles' mistress, and Hipparete, Alcibiades' wife, lie behind many female characters, and Alcibiades' ambiguous sexuality also allows him to be shown on the stage as a woman, notably as Lysistrata. There is a substantial overlap between the anecdotal tradition relating to the historical figures and the plotting of Aristophanes' plays. This extends to speech patterns, where Alcibiades' speech defect is lampooned. Aristophanes is consistently critical of Alcibiades' mercurial politics, and his works can also be seen to have served as an aide-mémoire for Thucydides and Xenophon. If the argument presented here is correct, then much current scholarship on Aristophanes can be set aside
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 241 pages)
- Contents
-
- Alcibiades in Gaol: Thesmophoriazusae
- Frogs: nothing to do with literature
- Aspasia on stage: Ecclesiazusae
- Political allegory in Aristophanes
- Wordplay; Pericles, Alcibiades and Aspasia on stage
- Pericles (and Alcibiades) on stage: the story so far
- The tragic context: the case of Euripides' Ion
- Happy families: Plutus I
- Home economics: Plutus II
- "The woman of old": Euripides' Helen and Andromeda
- "Alcibiades is a woman's man": Lysistrata
- Isbn
- 9783110427950
- Label
- Aristophanes and Alcibiades : echoes of contemporary history in Athenian comedy
- Title
- Aristophanes and Alcibiades
- Title remainder
- echoes of contemporary history in Athenian comedy
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Vickers
- Subject
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- Alcibiades -- In literature
- Aristophanes
- Aristophanes -- Characters | Alcibiades
- Aristophanes -- Criticism and interpretation
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Greek drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism
- Literature
- Politics in literature
- Politics in literature
- Greek drama (Comedy)
- Alcibiades
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The conventional view of Aristophanes bristles with problems. Important testimony for Alcibiades' paramount role in comedy is consistently disregarded, and the tradition that "masks were made to look like the komodoumenoi, so that before an actor spoke a word, the audience would recognize who was being attacked" is hardly ever invoked. If these testimonia are taken into account, a fascinating picture emerges, where the komodoumenoi are based on the Periclean household: older characters on Pericles himself, younger on Alcibiades. Aspasia, Pericles' mistress, and Hipparete, Alcibiades' wife, lie behind many female characters, and Alcibiades' ambiguous sexuality also allows him to be shown on the stage as a woman, notably as Lysistrata. There is a substantial overlap between the anecdotal tradition relating to the historical figures and the plotting of Aristophanes' plays. This extends to speech patterns, where Alcibiades' speech defect is lampooned. Aristophanes is consistently critical of Alcibiades' mercurial politics, and his works can also be seen to have served as an aide-mémoire for Thucydides and Xenophon. If the argument presented here is correct, then much current scholarship on Aristophanes can be set aside
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Vickers, Michael J
- Dewey number
- 882/.01
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PA3879
- LC item number
- .V47 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Alcibiades
- Aristophanes
- Aristophanes
- Politics in literature
- Greek drama (Comedy)
- Alcibiades
- Aristophanes
- Greek drama (Comedy)
- Literature
- Politics in literature
- Label
- Aristophanes and Alcibiades : echoes of contemporary history in Athenian comedy, Michael Vickers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-223) and indexes
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Alcibiades in Gaol: Thesmophoriazusae
- Frogs: nothing to do with literature
- Aspasia on stage: Ecclesiazusae
- Political allegory in Aristophanes
- Wordplay; Pericles, Alcibiades and Aspasia on stage
- Pericles (and Alcibiades) on stage: the story so far
- The tragic context: the case of Euripides' Ion
- Happy families: Plutus I
- Home economics: Plutus II
- "The woman of old": Euripides' Helen and Andromeda
- "Alcibiades is a woman's man": Lysistrata
- Control code
- 928462715
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 241 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9783110427950
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 838154
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)928462715
- Label
- Aristophanes and Alcibiades : echoes of contemporary history in Athenian comedy, Michael Vickers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-223) and indexes
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Alcibiades in Gaol: Thesmophoriazusae
- Frogs: nothing to do with literature
- Aspasia on stage: Ecclesiazusae
- Political allegory in Aristophanes
- Wordplay; Pericles, Alcibiades and Aspasia on stage
- Pericles (and Alcibiades) on stage: the story so far
- The tragic context: the case of Euripides' Ion
- Happy families: Plutus I
- Home economics: Plutus II
- "The woman of old": Euripides' Helen and Andromeda
- "Alcibiades is a woman's man": Lysistrata
- Control code
- 928462715
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 241 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9783110427950
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 838154
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)928462715
Subject
- Alcibiades -- In literature
- Aristophanes
- Aristophanes -- Characters | Alcibiades
- Aristophanes -- Criticism and interpretation
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Greek drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism
- Literature
- Politics in literature
- Politics in literature
- Greek drama (Comedy)
- Alcibiades
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