Hermes/Mercury
God of Comedy?
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23461685 |
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| Authors | Erin K Moodie (0009-0005-4338-5355, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 107-118 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-07 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Tracking Hermes, Pursuing Mercury (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780198777342.003.0008 |
| OpenAlex | W2924420594 |
| ISBN | 9780198777342 |
| Language | EN |
Hermes/Mercury should be understood as the physical manifestation and divine patron of comedy. The chapter focuses on the portrayal of Hermes in Aristophanes’ Peace and that of Mercury in Plautus’ Amphitryon , and traces each character’s adoption of the abject stance associated with comic heroes, his knowledge of comic conventions, and his general metatheatrical remarks to and about the audience. The god’s association with laughter, performance, and marriage throughout myth, as well as his connection to Dionysus in Athenian religious festivals, further supports his identification as the god of comedy.
Art · Comedy · Comics · Laughter · Literature · Mercury (programming language) · Mythology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods
| Highly cited | No |
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