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Past scholarship described the fourth century BC as an age of theatrical decline. This book, the first to explore all aspects of fourth-century theatre, reveals it to be an epoch of unparalleled expansion and innovation. 19 leading scholars evaluate the evidence for fourth-century drama to become th...
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2014] ©2014 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
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| Summary: |
Past scholarship described the fourth century BC as an age of theatrical decline. This book, the first to explore all aspects of fourth-century theatre, reveals it to be an epoch of unparalleled expansion and innovation. 19 leading scholars evaluate the evidence for fourth-century drama to become the pre-eminent cultural institution of the ancient world. |
| Carrier Form: |
1 online resource (xii, 578 pages) : illustrations Also available in print edition. |
| Bibliography: | diverse Abb. |
| ISBN: | 9783110337556 |
| Index Number: | PA3201 |
| CLC: | J809.545 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Introduction: Old and New Perspectives on Fourth-Century Theatre -- The Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus in Athens: New Data and Observations on its Lycurgan Phase / The Archaeology of the Rural Dionysia in Attica / The Evolution of Theatre Architecture Outside Athens in the Fourth Century / How Pots and Papyri Might Prompt a Re-Evaluation of Fourth-Century Tragedy / Performing Classics: The Tragic Canon in the Fourth Century and Beyond / Literary Evidence for New Tragic Production: The View from the Fourth Century / The Evolution of Comedy in the Fourth Century / Philippus in acie tutior quam in theatro fuit (Curtius 9, 6, 25): The Macedonian Kings and Greek Theatre / Theatre, Religion, and Politics at Alexander s Travelling Royal Court / Cooking Up Rhesus: Literary Imitation and Its Consumers / Rethinking Choregic Iconography in Apulia / Greek Theatre in Non-Greek Apulia / Regional Theatre in the Fourth Century. The Evidence of Comic Figurines of Boeotia, Corinth and Cyprus / Theatre in the Fourth-Century Black Sea Region / The Finance and Organisation of the Athenian Theatre in the Time of Eubulus and Lycurgus / Inscribed Public Records of the Dramatic Contests at Athens: IG II / Plates -- Illustration Credit -- Bibliography -- Indices -- List of Contributors. |