Aristophanes and His Tragic Muse - Comedy, Tragedy and the Polis in 5th Century Athens

Aristophanes and His Tragic Muse considers the opposition of comedy and tragedy in 5th century Athens and its effect on the drama of Aristophanes. The study examines tragedy's focus on necessity and a quest for meaning as a complement to a neglected but critical element in Athenian comedy, a concern with freedom and an underlying ambivalent vision of reality.

About the author

Stephanie Nelson, author of God and the Land: the metaphysics of farming in Hesiod and Vergil and of numerous papers on Joyce's Ulysses and the Odyssey, is Associate Professor of Classics and Director of the Core Curriculum at Boston University.

Product details

• Authors: Stephanie Nelson
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.02.2016
• EAN: 9789004310902
• ISBN: 978-90-04-31090-2
• No. of pages: 396
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 635 g
• Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity