‘The Odeion on His Head’

Cratinus was considered the first political satirist of ancient comedy, especially in his constant attacks on Pericles. The most frequent titles are in the category of literature and especially myth, and Bakola has argued for his persistent and widespread adaptation of forms from Aeschylean tragedy and satyr play. Rather than focusing on tangential and equivocal evidence on the chronology of Pericles’ building program or the Odeion’s shape, the chapter looks at what the audience is directed to view. The comic masks in the scenes have been systematically categorized by Webster and Green in an attempt to reconstruct a repertory of mask-types by age, gender, social status and comic role. There are two Attic examples from the late fifth century BCE, each depicting in isolation a large-nosed mask with chin-beard wearing a polos depicted that can plausibly be identified as Zeus. Keywords:Bakola; comedy; Cratinus; odeion; Pericles; Zeus

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