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Ancient Satire I
Backgrounds:
I. Mythological/Religious:
Ancient Views: The Cycles of Life and Death
Cults
Carnival: The Inversion
Ancient Greece:
The Gods
Dionysus and the Eleusinian Mysteries
Comos: The Procession
Ritual and Society
II. Literary Roots:
The Festival and the Competition
Ancient Greek Theatre:
Tragedy
Theory and Practice: The Playwrights and the Philosophers
Style and Theme
Comedy
Roots in Tragedy
Roots in Dionysian Cults
Old Comedy: Themes and Structure
III. Historical Context:
The Age of Pericles: The Golden Age (461-29 BC)
The Peloponnesian War:
The Golden Age of Greek Unity
The Persians and the 300 (480 BC)
Competing Empires
The Sicilian Expedition (415-13 BC)
Gender Identity and Roles in Ancient Greece:
Public and Domestic Spheres
The Genders and Sex: War and Fertility
Stereotypes: Men and Women
Old and Young
Art and Politics: A Few Comments on Dangerous Art
Aristophanes:
Themes and Techniques
Comedy and Satire
Lysistrata:
Targets
War
Gender: Male and Female Characteristics
Human Nature
Individuals: Politicians
Techniques
Inversion
Scatology and the Grotesque: Humour of the Body
Allusions: Myths, Legends, and History
Amazons
Lemnian Women
Burlesque: The Travesty
Metadrama: A Note
Lysistrata
The Female Hero
Her Cause: Pacifist or Nationalist?