Chronology and History of the Attic Theatre : Origins, Fifth Century, Fourth-Century (and Later) Reception

by: Ornaghi, M.

Chronology and History of the Attic Theatre
Origins, Fifth Century, Fourth-Century (and Later) Reception

Edited by: Massimiliano Ornaghi

About this book
“Chronology and History of the Attic Theatre” presents the results of research carried out by a wide range of scholars specialised in various fields of ancient theatre studies, brought together in dialogue on a common focus: the history of the Attic theatre, from its origins to the fifth century BCE. Each chapter of the book proceeds from a case study, but aims to draw general conclusions in relation to the main theme. Many types of evidence have been collected and analysed: archaeological evidence, especially from the sixth and fifth centuries BCE; epigraphic evidence, from the sixth century BCE to the Hellenistic period; literary evidence from the tragedies, satyr plays and comedies, but also classical and post-classical texts relating to pre-theatrical performances and the first dramatic contests.
These sources have been used to analyse the different theatrical phenomena from a historical-chronological perspective, looking also at the links between them (or with other artistic expressions) and at the phases of reception and theorisation of classical theatre.
The book thus offers a wealth of information, updated, rethought and linked in original ways, that can contribute to a better vision of the history of ancient Greek theatre.
Author / Editor information
Massimiliano Ornaghi, University of Turin, Italy.

Contents

Abbreviations

List of Figures

Introduction

Massimiliano Ornaghi
Part I: Background, Origins, and the Lost Theatre: Cults, Contests, Institutions
Dionysian Rituals in Archaic Athens: The Contribution of Images

Cornelia Isler-Kerényi
What Song the Kômos Sang

Richard P. Martin
Creating a Context for the Athenian Invention of Drama

Robin Osborne
Archaeological Evidence for the Beginning of the Dionysia in Athens: The Tympanon Relief NAM 3131

Hans Rupprecht Goette
Protean Satyrs and Silens: Early Greek Satyr Play-Performances and their Adoption in Athenian Dionysian Imagery

Ralf Krumeich
Dithyramb on Paros, Komoi in Athens: Insights from the Epigraphic Evidence for the Start of Choral Competitions at the Athenian Dionysia

Peter Wilson
Part II: Dionysian Performances: The Athenian Fifth Century
The Fourth Unknown: The Attic Dithyramb

Bernhard Zimmermann
Pindar and Tragedy: A Fresh Look at Dochmiac in Choral Lyric

Liana Lomiento
Developments and Discontinuities in Tragedy Forms, 458–405 BCE

Guido Avezzù
Ancient and Modern Linguistic Approaches to the History of Attic Comedy

Andreas Willi
Joy and Tears in Situ: The Perception of Theatre in Early Greek Sources

Anna Novokhatko
Part III: Reconstruction of the Past: Post-Classical Views of the Attic Theatre
On History and the History of Tragedy According to Aristotle

Xavier Riu
Phanodemus and the Invention of the Dionysian Chorus

Eric Csapo
Menander and the Citation of Tragedy

Richard Hunter
Daphnis or Lityerses? Pastoral and Satyrical Rusticities

Marco Fantuzzi
Imagining the Origins of Drama: Greek Epigram and the Satyrs of Sikyon

Rebecca Laemmle
Bibliography

List of Contributors

Index of Names

Index of Authors and Quoted Passages

Index of Inscriptions

Concordance to Vase Publications

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