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The Maculate Muse Obscene Language in Attic Comedy

by Jeffrey Henderson

  • ISBN: 9780195066852
  • ISBN10: 0195066855

The Maculate Muse Obscene Language in Attic Comedy

by Jeffrey Henderson

  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: 2
  • Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
  • Publish date: 02/01/1991
  • ISBN: 9780195066852
  • ISBN10: 0195066855
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Description: The pervasive and unrestrained use of obscenity has long been acknowledged as a major feature of fifth-century Attic Comedy; no other Western art form relies so heavily on the sexual and scatological dimensions of language. This acclaimed book, now in a new edition, offers both a comprehensive discussion of the dynamics of Greek obscenity and a detailed commentary on the terminology itself. After contrasting the peculiar characteristics ofthe Greek notion of obscenity to modern-day ideas, Henderson discusses obscenity's role in the development of Attic Comedy, its historical origins, varieties, and dramatic function. His analysis ofobscene terminology sheds new light on Greek culture, and his discussion of Greek homosexuality offers a refreshing corrective to the idealized Platonic view. He also looks in detail at the part obscenity plays in each of Aristophanes' eleven surviving plays. The latter part of the book identifies all the obscene terminology found in the extant examples of Attic Comedy, both complete plays and fragments. Although these terminological entries are arranged in numbered paragraphs resembling aglossary, they can also be read as independent essays on the various aspects of comic obscenity. Terms are explained as they occur in each individual context and in relation to typologically similarterminology. With newly corrected and updated philological material, this second edition of Maculate Muse will serve as an invaluable reference work for the study of Greek drama.
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