Greek theatre in the fourth century B.C. / edited by Eric Csapo [and three others] ; contributors, Zachary Biles [and eighteen others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Csapo, Eric, editor.

Biles, Zachary, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--Greece--History--To 500--Congresses.

Theater.

Theater--Greece--Athens--History--To 500--Congresses.

Theater--Greece--History--Congresses.

Greek drama--History and criticism.

Greek drama.

Greece--Antiquities.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (590 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Age-old scholarly dogma holds that the death of serious theatre went hand-in-hand with the 'death' of the city-state and that the fourth century BC ushered in an era of theatrical mediocrity offering shallow entertainment to a depoliticised citizenry. The traditional view of fourth-century culture is encouraged and sustained by the absence of dramatic texts in anything more than fragments. Until recently, little attention was paid to an enormous array of non-literary evidence attesting, not only the sustained vibrancy of theatrical culture, but a huge expansion of theatre throughout (and even beyond) the Greek world. Epigraphic, historiographic, iconographic and archaeological evidence indicates that the fourth century BC was an age of exponential growth in theatre. It saw: the construction of permanent stone theatres across and beyond the Mediterranean world; the addition of theatrical events to existing festivals; the creation of entirely new contexts for drama; and vast investment, both public and private, in all areas of what was rapidly becoming a major 'industry'. This is the first book to explore all the evidence for fourth century ancient theatre: its architecture, drama, dissemination, staging, reception, politics, social impact, finance and memorialisation.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and Conventions

Introduction: Old and New Perspectives on Fourth-Century Theatre

Section A: Theatre Sites

The Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus in Athens: New Data and Observations on its 'Lycurgan' Phase / Papastamati-von Moock, Christina

The Archaeology of the 'Rural' Dionysia in Attica / Goette, Hans Rupprecht

The Evolution of Theatre Architecture Outside Athens in the Fourth Century / Moretti, Jean-Charles

Section B: Tragedy and Comedy

How Pots and Papyri Might Prompt a Re-Evaluation of Fourth-Century Tragedy / Taplin, Oliver

Performing Classics: The Tragic Canon in the Fourth Century and Beyond / Nervegna, Sebastiana

Literary Evidence for New Tragic Production: The View from the Fourth Century / Hanink, Johanna

The Evolution of Comedy in the Fourth Century / Hartwig, Andrew

Section C: Performance outside Athens

Philippus in acie tutior quam in theatro fuit ... (Curtius 9, 6, 25): The Macedonian Kings and Greek Theatre / Moloney, Eoghan

Theatre, Religion, and Politics at Alexander's Travelling Royal Court / Guen, Brigitte Le

Cooking Up Rhesus: Literary Imitation and Its Consumers / Liapis, Vayos

Rethinking Choregic Iconography in Apulia / Biles, Zachary / Thorn, Jed

Greek Theatre in Non-Greek Apulia / Robinson, Edward G. D.

Regional Theatre in the Fourth Century. The Evidence of Comic Figurines of Boeotia, Corinth and Cyprus / Green, J. Richard

Theatre in the Fourth-Century Black Sea Region / Braund, David / Hall, Edith

Section D: Finance and Records in Athens

The Finance and Organisation of the Athenian Theatre in the Time of Eubulus and Lycurgus / Csapo, Eric / Wilson, Peter

Inscribed Public Records of the Dramatic Contests at Athens: IG II2 2318-2323a and IG II2 2325 / Millis, Benjamin W.

Plates

Illustration Credit

Bibliography

Indices

List of Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110373684

3110373688

9783110337556

311033755X

OCLC:

884940001