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Comedy and Religion in Classical Athens

- Narratives of Religious Experiences in Aristophanes' Wealth
Af: Francisco Barrenechea Engelsk Hardback

Comedy and Religion in Classical Athens

- Narratives of Religious Experiences in Aristophanes' Wealth
Af: Francisco Barrenechea Engelsk Hardback
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This book opens up a new perspective on Aristophanic drama and its relationship to Greek religion. It focuses on the comedy Wealth, whose fantasy of universal enrichment is structured upon a rich and largely unexplored framework of traditional stories of Greek religious experiences, such as oracles, miracle cures, and the introduction of new gods. The book examines the form and function of these stories, and explores how the playwright adapts them for his own comic purposes, grounding his comic fantasy on stories of philanthropic divinities who dependably respond to the needs of their worshippers. The collaboration of these deities, who act in tandem with their worshippers, achieves the comic fantasy. Francisco Barrenechea also addresses the larger question of how comedy participated in the religion of its time by imagining and dramatizing beliefs, and reveals the salutary bond that can exist between humor and religion in general.
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This book opens up a new perspective on Aristophanic drama and its relationship to Greek religion. It focuses on the comedy Wealth, whose fantasy of universal enrichment is structured upon a rich and largely unexplored framework of traditional stories of Greek religious experiences, such as oracles, miracle cures, and the introduction of new gods. The book examines the form and function of these stories, and explores how the playwright adapts them for his own comic purposes, grounding his comic fantasy on stories of philanthropic divinities who dependably respond to the needs of their worshippers. The collaboration of these deities, who act in tandem with their worshippers, achieves the comic fantasy. Francisco Barrenechea also addresses the larger question of how comedy participated in the religion of its time by imagining and dramatizing beliefs, and reveals the salutary bond that can exist between humor and religion in general.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 212
ISBN-13: 9781107191167
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1107191165
Udg. Dato: 2 aug 2018
Længde: 17mm
Bredde: 161mm
Højde: 230mm
Forlag: Cambridge University Press
Oplagsdato: 2 aug 2018
Forfatter(e): Francisco Barrenechea
Forfatter(e) Francisco Barrenechea


Kategori Antikken & Middelalder


ISBN-13 9781107191167


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 212


Udgave


Længde 17mm


Bredde 161mm


Højde 230mm


Udg. Dato 2 aug 2018


Oplagsdato 2 aug 2018


Forlag Cambridge University Press

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