Aristophanes' Comedy of Names: A Study of Speaking Names in Aristophanes (Sozomena: Studies in the Recovery of Ancient Texts)

Aristophanes\' Comedy of Names (2010)\r......Page 1
Sozomena - Studies in the Recovery of Ancient Texts - Vol. 8......Page 3
e-ISBN: 9783110247077......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
--> Contents......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 12
Notes......Page 15
1.1 Dikaiopolis and Lamachos......Page 39
Terms and categories......Page 16
Names and comedy......Page 19
Personal names......Page 25
Other proper names......Page 30
Interpretative models......Page 32
Historical onomastics......Page 35
Text and textual problems......Page 37
Structure of the discussion......Page 38
1.2 The opening scene: names in the Assembly......Page 45
1.3 Miscellaneous jokes......Page 50
1.4 Naming the chorus......Page 51
1.5 Satire of war-lovers and other individuals......Page 52
1.6 Uncertain cases......Page 59
2.1 Agorakritos and Paphlagon......Page 64
2.2 Demos......Page 70
2.3 Other joke-names in the satire of Kleon......Page 72
2.4 Jokes with deities’ names......Page 78
2.5 Other jokes with names......Page 80
3.1 Strepsiades and Pheidippides......Page 82
3.2 Satire of individuals......Page 89
3.3 Jokes at the expense of sophists......Page 91
4.1 Philokleon vs Bdelykleon......Page 95
4.2 Jurymen names......Page 98
4.3 The opening scene......Page 100
4.4 Philokleon’s escape efforts and the relationship with his son......Page 101
4.5.1 Kleon......Page 104
4.5.2 The braggers......Page 105
4.5.3 Theoros......Page 107
4.5.4 Others......Page 109
5.1 Trygaios and his peace......Page 113
5.2 Personifications......Page 115
5.3 Joke-names......Page 116
5.4 The chorus and the play’s final scene......Page 118
6.1 Peisetairos and Euelpides......Page 120
6.2 Other significant names......Page 125
6.3 Bird-chorus and other bird-inspired joke names......Page 131
6.4 Naming the bird-city and first visitors......Page 136
6.5 Divine names (non bird-related)......Page 138
6.6 The chorus’ final songs......Page 141
7.1 Lysistrata and Myrrhine......Page 144
7.2 Chorus......Page 149
7.3 Other prominent names......Page 151
7.4 Jokes with names......Page 155
8.1 The significance of anonymity......Page 161
8.2 The women’s names......Page 162
8.3 An obscene naming joke......Page 168
8.4 Names and Euripidean parody......Page 169
8.5 The play’s final scene......Page 170
9.1 Opening scene and the journey to Hades......Page 174
9.2 Sexual naming jokes......Page 176
9.3 More comic names from the Underworld......Page 178
9.4 Public life and politics......Page 180
9.5 Names in the satire of literature......Page 183
9.6 Glyke and Mania......Page 184
10.1 Praxagora and Blepyros......Page 186
10.2 Chorus and husbands......Page 188
10.4 Jokes on public figures......Page 191
10.5 Miscellaneous jokes......Page 193
10.6 Names in the new regime scenes......Page 194
11.1 The main hero......Page 198
11.2 Personifications......Page 199
11.3 Other named characters......Page 201
11.4 Naming jokes......Page 202
Concluding remarks......Page 204
Appendix 1 - The fragments of Aristophanes’ lost plays......Page 209
Appendix 2 - Slave-names in the extant comedies......Page 212
Knights......Page 218
Wasps......Page 219
Lysistrata......Page 220
Ecclesiazusae......Page 221
Wealth......Page 222
Bibliography......Page 223
Index of Names......Page 235
Subject Index......Page 240