A Comedy of Disengagement? Traces and Revisitations of the ὀνομαστὶ κωμῳδεῖν in Philemon, Alexis and Other Contemporaries of Menander
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Luca Bruzzese
Abstract
As critics have noted, the onomasti komo(i)dein does not seem to have disappeared completely from Greek comedy in the 4th–3rd centuries BC. However, from the fragments of Menander’s contemporaries, it seems to have changed characteristics and functions. It is even possible to speculate that, in some cases and to a limited extent, it was used as a propaganda tool when Athens was involved in conflicts between the various Hellenistic kingdoms.
Abstract
As critics have noted, the onomasti komo(i)dein does not seem to have disappeared completely from Greek comedy in the 4th–3rd centuries BC. However, from the fragments of Menander’s contemporaries, it seems to have changed characteristics and functions. It is even possible to speculate that, in some cases and to a limited extent, it was used as a propaganda tool when Athens was involved in conflicts between the various Hellenistic kingdoms.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
- Introduction 1
- Characters and Comic Poetics in Diphilus and Philemon 9
- Diphilus and the Comic Tradition 57
- Cooks, Warriors and Metaphors in Comic Fragments 91
- A Comedy of Disengagement? Traces and Revisitations of the ὀνομαστὶ κωμῳδεῖν in Philemon, Alexis and Other Contemporaries of Menander 111
- Comic Adespota on Papyrus (1093, 1014 K.–A.): Menander, Philemon, Diphilus? 199
- Language and Linguistic Themes in the Fragments of Later Greek Comedy 213
- Newer, Later, Lesser: The Evolving Language of Later Attic Comedy and its Ancient and Modern Appraisal 253
- Choosing the Script to Translate: Roman Comic Playwrights and their Greek Models 289
- The Third Man: Diphilus in the Rudens and Beyond 303
- Athenian Law as Source of Inspiration: Apollodorus and Terence’s Phormio 323
- List of Contributors 345
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Passages
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
- Introduction 1
- Characters and Comic Poetics in Diphilus and Philemon 9
- Diphilus and the Comic Tradition 57
- Cooks, Warriors and Metaphors in Comic Fragments 91
- A Comedy of Disengagement? Traces and Revisitations of the ὀνομαστὶ κωμῳδεῖν in Philemon, Alexis and Other Contemporaries of Menander 111
- Comic Adespota on Papyrus (1093, 1014 K.–A.): Menander, Philemon, Diphilus? 199
- Language and Linguistic Themes in the Fragments of Later Greek Comedy 213
- Newer, Later, Lesser: The Evolving Language of Later Attic Comedy and its Ancient and Modern Appraisal 253
- Choosing the Script to Translate: Roman Comic Playwrights and their Greek Models 289
- The Third Man: Diphilus in the Rudens and Beyond 303
- Athenian Law as Source of Inspiration: Apollodorus and Terence’s Phormio 323
- List of Contributors 345
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Passages
