Jasper F Donelan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5667233 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jasper F Donelan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jasper F |
| FAMILY NAME | Donelan |
| SIGNATURE | DONELAN J F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Comedy and Insults in the Athenian Law-courts
This paper first presents similarities between the insults spoken by characters in Old Comedy and those employed by litigants in the classical Athenian law-courts. The comparison demonstrates how Old Comedy and Athenian legal oratory relied (albeit with a few important exceptions) on shared topics of invective as well as an overlapping vocabulary of abuse. The discussion then progresses to the way that insulting language is talked about in the pr…
A Note on Aristophanes, Knights 295
This note discusses the meaning of the word κοπροφορεῖν at Aristophanes , Knights (= Eq.) 295 and proposes a translation
Evidence for and Against Audience-Actor Contact in Aristophanes ( Pax 877–906, Ach . 257–83, Thesm . 659–87 and Nub . 275–355)
Unlike tragedy, Old Comedy openly acknowledges its own festival context and the existence of a world beyond the one created for and occupied by its masked characters. Admission of the theatrical setting is a standard well-documented feature and was an effective way of drawing spectators into the drama's fiction. To the same end, speaking directly to the audience formed an integral part of Aristophanes' plays and very probably of the comic genre a…
Some Remarks Concerning Night Scenes on the Classical Greek Stage
This paper examines ways in which the dramatists of the fifth century staged night scenes in an open-air, daytime theater, as well as how these scenes relate to the rest of their respective plays’ action. For want of archaeological evidence or treatises on dramatic production, the texts of the tragedies and comedies form the basis of the investigation, which aside from its focus on production techniques also has wider implications for the handlin…
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Some Remarks Concerning Night Scenes on the Classical Greek Stage
This paper examines ways in which the dramatists of the fifth century staged night scenes in an open-air, daytime theater, as well as how these scenes relate to the rest of their respective plays’ action. For want of archaeological evidence or treatises on dramatic production, the texts of the tragedies and comedies form the basis of the investigation, which aside from its focus on production techniques also has wider implications for the handlin…
Evidence for and Against Audience-Actor Contact in Aristophanes ( Pax 877–906, Ach . 257–83, Thesm . 659–87 and Nub . 275–355)
Unlike tragedy, Old Comedy openly acknowledges its own festival context and the existence of a world beyond the one created for and occupied by its masked characters. Admission of the theatrical setting is a standard well-documented feature and was an effective way of drawing spectators into the drama's fiction. To the same end, speaking directly to the audience formed an integral part of Aristophanes' plays and very probably of the comic genre a…
Comedy and Insults in the Athenian Law-courts
This paper first presents similarities between the insults spoken by characters in Old Comedy and those employed by litigants in the classical Athenian law-courts. The comparison demonstrates how Old Comedy and Athenian legal oratory relied (albeit with a few important exceptions) on shared topics of invective as well as an overlapping vocabulary of abuse. The discussion then progresses to the way that insulting language is talked about in the pr…
A Note on Aristophanes, Knights 295
This note discusses the meaning of the word κοπροφορεῖν at Aristophanes , Knights (= Eq.) 295 and proposes a translation
Art (4 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Comedy (3 works) · Drama (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Action (physics (1 works) · Adversary (1 works)