CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Introduction 1
6. The Theater of the Polis 12
7. The Ephebes' Song: Tragoidia and Polis 20
8. Playing the Other: Theater, Theatricality, and the Feminine in Greek Drama 63
9. The Great Dionysia and Civic Ideology 97
10. Thebes: Theater of Self and Society in Athenian Drama 130
11. Kreousa the Autochthon: A Study of Euripides' Ion 168
12. An Anthropology of Euripides' Kyklōps 207
13. Why Satyrs Are Good to Represent 228
14. Drama, Political Rhetoric, and the Discourse of Athenian Democracy 237
15. The Dēmos and the Comic Competition 271
16. Drama and Community: Aristophanes and Some of His Rivals 314
17. Making Space Speak 336
18. The "Interior" Voice: On the Invention of Silent Reading 366
19. The Idea of the Actor 385
20. Notes on Contributors 397
21. Index of Passages Discussed 401
22. General Index 403