The Court of Comedy : Aristophanes, Rhetoric, and Democracy in Fifth-Century Athens /

In this book, the author analyzes how writers of comedy in Classical Greece satirized the emerging art of rhetoric and its role in political life. In the fifth century BCE, the development of rhetoric proceeded hand in hand with the growth of democracy both on Sicily and at Athens. In turn, comic pl...

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Main Author:	Major, Wilfred E., 1967-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2013]
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Aristophanes. Aristophanes > Criticism and interpretation. Rhetoric, Ancient. Greek drama (Comedy) Rhetorique ancienne > Histoire. Comedie grecque > Histoire et critique. Rhetoric, Ancient > History. Greek drama (Comedy) > History and criticism. History. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books.
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