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The origin of Attic comedy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cornford, Francis Macdonald, 1874-1943
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : University press, [1934]
Subjects:
Greek drama (Comedy) > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • Introductory
  • The exodus
  • The phallic songs
  • Some types of dramatic fertility ritual
  • Agon, sacrifice, and feast
  • The chorus in agon and parabasis
  • The impostor
  • The stock masks of the old comedy
  • Comedy and tragedy. Synopsis of the extant plays
  • Bibliography (p. 244-245)--Addenda
  • Index.