Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greek Comic Drama

ISBN-13: 9781107008557 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 282 str.

Ben Akrigg

Opis

Greek comedy offers a unique insight into the reality of life as a slave, giving this disenfranchised group a 'voice'.

Recenzje

'… this volume will be useful for anyone interested in the representation of slaves and slavery as found in our sources for Greek comedy.' Madeleine M. Henry, Phoenix

Spis treści

1. Introduction: slaves and slavery in ancient Greek comedy Rob Tordoff; 2. Slaves and politics in early Aristophanic comedy S. Douglas Olson; 3. Slavery, drama and the alchemy of identity in Aristophanes Susan Lape; 4. Slaves in the fragments of old comedy Donald Sells; 5. Aristophanes, slaves and history Ben Akrigg; 6. A comedy of errors: the comic slave in Greek art Kelly Wrenhaven; 7. Menander's slaves: the banality of violence David Konstan; 8. Coping with punishment: the social networking of slaves in Menander Cheryl Cox; 9. Sex slaves in new comedy C. W. Marshall; 10. 'Phlyax' slaves: from vase to stage? Kathryn Bosher; 11. Tokens of identity in Menander's Epitrepontes: slaves, citizens and in-betweens Christina Vester.