This volume examines whether dramatic fragments should be approached as parts ...This volume examines whether dramatic fragments should be approached as parts of a greater whole or as self-contained entities. It comprises contributions by a broad spectrum of international scholars: by young researchers working on fragmentary...more
Our knowledge of the ancient theatre is limited by the textual and iconographi...Our knowledge of the ancient theatre is limited by the textual and iconographic character of the evidence available to us: we cannot watch or otherwise experience an Athenian tragedy or comedy. These essays by a distinguished group of international...more
Our knowledge of the ancient theatre is limited by the textual and iconographi...Our knowledge of the ancient theatre is limited by the textual and iconographic character of the evidence available to us: we cannot watch or otherwise experience an Athenian tragedy or comedy. These essays by a distinguished group of international...more
This is the first study of travel or mobility and the ancientGreek theatre. T...This is the first study of travel or mobility and the ancient Greek theatre. The essays collected here by leading figures in the field of ancient drama examine both historical travel (the actual mobility of audiences and performers who attended the...more
The volume offers new insights into the intricate theme of silence inGreek li...The volume offers new insights into the intricate theme of silence in Greek literature especially drama. Even though the topic has received respectable attention in recent years it still lends itself to further inquiry which embraces silence s very...more
This volume in honour of Angus M. Bowie collects seventeen original essays on ...This volume in honour of Angus M. Bowie collects seventeen original essays on Greek comedy. Its contributors treat questions of origin genre and artistic expression interpret individual plays from different angles (literary historical performative)...more
The fact that aspects of witnesses and evidence put them in the centre of the ...The fact that aspects of witnesses and evidence put them in the centre of the institutional and cultural (e.g. religious literary) construction of ancient societies indicates that it is important to keep offering nuanced approaches to the topic of...more
This volume acknowledges the centrality of comic invective in a range of orato...This volume acknowledges the centrality of comic invective in a range of oratorical institutions (especially forensic and symbouleutic) and aspires to enhance the knowledge and understanding of how this technique is used in such con-texts of both...more
In the last decades the field of research on ancientGreek scholarship has bee...In the last decades the field of research on ancient Greek scholarship has been the object of a remarkable surge of interest with the publication of handbooks reference works and new editions of texts. This partly unexpected revival is very...more
AncientGreek comedy relied primarily on its text and words for the fulfilment...Ancient Greek comedy relied primarily on its text and words for the fulfilment of its humorous effects and aesthetic goals. In the wake of a rich tradition of previous scholarship this volume explores a variety of linguistic materials and stylistic...more
Interpretation of ancientGreek literature is often enough distorted by the pr...Interpretation of ancient Greek literature is often enough distorted by the preconceptions of modern times especially on ancient morality. This is often equivalent to begging the question. If we think e.g. of aretê which has different meanings in...more
This volume on ancientGreek synchronic etymology offers a set of papers evide...This volume on ancient Greek synchronic etymology offers a set of papers evidencing the cultural significance of etymological commitment in ancient and medieval literature. It continues a collective work (begun in a first volume under the same...more
Visual culture performance and spectacle lay at the heart of all aspects of an...Visual culture performance and spectacle lay at the heart of all aspects of ancient Greek daily routine such as court and assembly cult and ritual and art and culture. Seeing was considered the most secure means of obtaining knowledge with many...more
This book looks at witnesses to suffering and death inancientGreek epic (Hom...This book looks at witnesses to suffering and death in ancient Greek epic (Homer s Iliad) and tragedy. Internal spectators abound in both genres and have received due scholarly attention. The present monograph covers new ground by dealing with a...more
The concept of news that we have today is not a modern invention but rather a ...The concept of news that we have today is not a modern invention but rather a social and cultural institution that has been passed down to us by the Greeks as a legacy. This concept is only modified by the social political and economic conditions...more