How did audiences of ancient Greek comedy react to the spectacle of masters and slaves? If they were expected to laugh at a slave threatened with a beating by his master at one moment but laugh with him when they bantered familiarly at the next, what does this tell us about ancient Greek slavery? This volume presents ten essays by leading specialists in ancient Greek literature, culture and history, exploring the changing roles and representations of slaves in comic drama from Aristophanes at the height of the Athenian Empire to the New Comedy of Menander and the Hellenistic World. The contributors focus variously on individual comic dramas or on particular historical periods, analysing a wide range of textual, material-culture and comparative data for the practices of slavery and their representation on the ancient Greek comic stage.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9781107008557
eBay Product ID (ePID)
138539364
Product Key Features
Author
Rob Tordoff, Ben Akrigg
Publication Name
Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greek Comic Drama
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
282 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
236mm
Item Width
160mm
Item Weight
560g
Additional Product Features
Topic
Literature
Editor
Ben Akrigg, Rob Tordoff
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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