Comedy and religion in classical Athens : narratives of religious experiences in Aristophanes' Wealth /

Comedy and religion in classical Athens : narratives of religious experiences in Aristophanes' Wealth /

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Author / Creator:	Barrenechea, Francisco, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018. ©2018
Description:	xii, 201 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Aristophanes. -- Plutus. Plutus (Aristophanes) Greek drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism. Religion and literature. Greek drama (Comedy) Religion. Religion and literature. Greece -- Religion. Greece. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11691159

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ISBN:	9781107191167 1107191165
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	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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Call Number:	PA3875.P6 B377 2018
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