Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae - Philosophizing Theatre and the Politics of Perception in Late Fifth-Century Athens

List of contents

Proag¿n: a tragic fable; 1. Introduction; 2. Rereading the prologue; 3. Sophistic models: eristic and ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿; 4. On what [it] is not: Gorgias and Empedocles; 5. On what [it] is: Parmenides, para-Doxa, and mortal error; 6. Conclusion; Appendices.

About the author

Ashley Clements is Lecturer in Greek Literature and Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin.

Summary

Offers scholars of Greek literature new evidence of Aristophanes' polemical use of philosophy in poetic competition; ancient philosophers new evidence of the popular reception of Parmenides; and scholars in theatre studies new evidence that explicit theorizing about theatre begins with a comic appropriation of Eleatic ideas about reality and illusion.

Product details

• Authors: Ashley Clements, Ashley (Trinity College Clements, Clements Ashley
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781108820240
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82024-0
• Dimensions: 215 mm x 140 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 320 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Cambridge Classical Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Ancient Greece, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Theatre Studies, Ancient World, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Literary studies: plays and playwrights