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Chronology and History of the Attic Theatre
Origins, Fifth Century, Fourth-Century (and Later) Reception
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2025
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“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. Each chapter of the book proceeds from a case study, but aims to draw general conclusions in relation to the main theme. Many types of evidence have been collected and analysed: archaeological evidence, especially from the sixth and fifth centuries BCE; epigraphic evidence, from the sixth century BCE to the Hellenistic period; literary evidence from the tragedies, satyr plays and comedies, but also classical and post-classical texts relating to pre-theatrical performances and the first dramatic contests.
These sources have been used to analyse the different theatrical phenomena from a historical-chronological perspective, looking also at the links between them (or with other artistic expressions) and at the phases of reception and theorisation of classical theatre.
The book thus offers a wealth of information, updated, rethought and linked in original ways, that can contribute to a better vision of the history of ancient Greek theatre.
These sources have been used to analyse the different theatrical phenomena from a historical-chronological perspective, looking also at the links between them (or with other artistic expressions) and at the phases of reception and theorisation of classical theatre.
The book thus offers a wealth of information, updated, rethought and linked in original ways, that can contribute to a better vision of the history of ancient Greek theatre.
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Massimiliano Ornaghi, University of Turin, Italy.
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Frontmatter
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Preface
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Contents
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Abbreviations
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List of Figures
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Introduction
XIII - Part I: Background, Origins, and the Lost Theatre: Cults, Contests, Institutions
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Dionysian Rituals in Archaic Athens: The Contribution of Images
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What Song the Kômos Sang
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Creating a Context for the Athenian Invention of Drama
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Archaeological Evidence for the Beginning of the Dionysia in Athens: The Tympanon Relief NAM 3131
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Protean Satyrs and Silens: Early Greek Satyr Play-Performances and their Adoption in Athenian Dionysian Imagery
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Dithyramb on Paros, Komoi in Athens: Insights from the Epigraphic Evidence for the Start of Choral Competitions at the Athenian Dionysia
101 - Part II: Dionysian Performances: The Athenian Fifth Century
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The Fourth Unknown: The Attic Dithyramb
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Pindar and Tragedy: A Fresh Look at Dochmiac in Choral Lyric
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Developments and Discontinuities in Tragedy Forms, 458–405 BCE
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Ancient and Modern Linguistic Approaches to the History of Attic Comedy
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Joy and Tears in Situ: The Perception of Theatre in Early Greek Sources
217 - Part III: Reconstruction of the Past: Post-Classical Views of the Attic Theatre
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On History and the History of Tragedy According to Aristotle
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Phanodemus and the Invention of the Dionysian Chorus
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Menander and the Citation of Tragedy
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Daphnis or Lityerses? Pastoral and Satyrical Rusticities
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Imagining the Origins of Drama: Greek Epigram and the Satyrs of Sikyon
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Bibliography
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List of Contributors
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Index of Names
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Index of Authors and Quoted Passages
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Index of Inscriptions
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Concordance to Vase Publications
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eBook published on:
May 19, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783111621937
Hardcover published on:
May 20, 2025
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111621388
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Front matter:
17
Main content:
422
Illustrations:
32
Tables:
4
Audience(s) for this book
Literary studies scholars, Historians, Archaeologists, Epigraphists, Scholars in the field of theatrical studies
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