The City As Comedy : Society and Representation in Athenian Drama

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The City As Comedy : Society and Representation in Athenian DramaThese thirteen essays combine classical scholars' interest in theatrical production with a growing interdisciplinary inquiry into the urban contexts of literary production. Taking as their departure point the annual comic competitions at the Athenian dramatic festivals, the contributors examine how the polisas a place, a political entity, a specific social organization, and a set of ideological representationswas enacted on stage from the middle of

rhetorical technique and similes

a satirical discourse

well-organised and easy to use

Το αιχμηρό αγκάθι ανοίγει πληγές στο στόμα τους

These treatises derive from the schools of rhetoric that flourished in the Roman Empire from the second through fourth centuries AD in the Greek East

There is also poetry

Η ιδέα αυτού του βιβλίου μου πρωτοήρθε στο μυαλό

Αναφέρεται στη φτώχεια

and Spanish War

and a guide to further areas of study

Is a book for intermediate learners of Greek who care not only about fluency but also about accuracy in their language production

The present volume offers a scholarly reconstruction of the fragments of On the Commonwealth and a masterly translation of both dialogues