Imaginary Wor(l)ds: Comic Language and the Construction of Fantasy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction 1
5. Metaphors and Personifications Onstage 59
6. Imaginary Wor(l)ds: Comic Language and the Construction of Fantasy 75
7. A Less Maculate Muse 125
8. Like a Rabid Dog: Animal Metaphors and Similes in Aristophanes 161
9. The Shop of Aristophanes the Carpenter: How Comic Poets Assembled (and Disassembled) Words 195
10. “When He Should Have Said...” The Treatment of Humour παρ’ ὑπόνοιαν in the Aristophanic Scholia 219
11. Rhyme in Greek Comedy 255
12. Three Words in Aristophanes’ Wealth (999, 1037, 1083) 273
13. Spoudaiogeloion Revisited: Homeric Text between a Scholar and a Cook 287
14. Proper Names, Nicknames, Epithets: Aspects of Comic Language in Middle Comedy 311
15. Strategies of Verbal Humour in Menander’s Dyskolos: From Linguistics to Dramaturgy 347
16. List of Contributors 393
17. Index Nominum et Rerum 397
18. Index Locorum 407
19. Index of Notable Greek Words and Phrases 433