Chronology and History of the Attic Theatre : Origins, Fifth Century, Fourth-Century (and Later) Reception.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ornaghi, Massimiliano.

Series:

Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes Series

Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes Series ; v.179

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (442 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2025.

Summary:

"Chronology and History of the Attic Theatre" presents the results of research carried out by a wide range of scholars specialised in various fields of ancient theatre studies, brought together in dialogue on a common focus: the history of the Attic theatre, from its origins to the fifth century BCE.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Contents

Abbreviations

List of Figures

Introduction

Part I: Background, Origins, and the Lost Theatre: Cults, Contests, Institutions

Dionysian Rituals in Archaic Athens: The Contribution of Images

What Song the Kômos Sang

Creating a Context for the Athenian Invention of Drama

Archaeological Evidence for the Beginning of the Dionysia in Athens: The Tympanon Relief NAM 3131

Protean Satyrs and Silens: Early Greek Satyr Play-Performances and their Adoption in Athenian Dionysian Imagery

Dithyramb on Paros, Komoi in Athens: Insights from the Epigraphic Evidence for the Start of Choral Competitions at the Athenian Dionysia

Part II: Dionysian Performances: The Athenian Fifth Century

The Fourth Unknown: The Attic Dithyramb

Pindar and Tragedy: A Fresh Look at Dochmiac in Choral Lyric

Developments and Discontinuities in Tragedy Forms, 458-405 BCE

Ancient and Modern Linguistic Approaches to the History of Attic Comedy

Joy and Tears in Situ: The Perception of Theatre in Early Greek Sources

Part III: Reconstruction of the Past: Post-Classical Views of the Attic Theatre

On History and the History of Tragedy According to Aristotle

Phanodemus and the Invention of the Dionysian Chorus

Menander and the Citation of Tragedy

Daphnis or Lityerses? Pastoral and Satyrical Rusticities

Imagining the Origins of Drama: Greek Epigram and the Satyrs of Sikyon

Bibliography

List of Contributors

Index of Names

Index of Authors and Quoted Passages

Index of Inscriptions

Concordance to Vase Publications.

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-11-162193-6

3-11-162184-7

OCLC:

1520190723