Aristophanes' Comedy of Names

A Study of Speaking Names in Aristophanes

Bibliographic Data

ID9339793
AuthorsNikoletta Kanavou (corresponding author)
Year2010
Publication date2010-11-16
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueAristophanes' Comedy of Names (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherDe Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/9783110247077
OpenAlexW4242697571
Open LibraryOL35767572M
ISBN9783110247077
GOOGLE_BOOK_ID9sI7bwAACAAJ
LanguageEN
Citations received7

The use of significant proper names is one of the most entertaining aspects of Aristophanes' art; unsurprisingly, it has received much scholarly attention. But although there are a large number of articles and scattered comments on individual names, the present book offers the first systematic study on the subject. It is, as far as possible, an exhaustive discussion of significant proper names that appear in Aristophanes' eleven extant plays: personal names (which occupy the largest part), theonyms, place-names, ethnics and demotics – all names that seem to be deliberately used for their meanings. Two appendixes discuss slave-names and selected names from Aristophanes' fragmentary plays. Names are carefully analysed in their context, taking into account a range of factors such as language (etymology and word-plays), the content of the plays (the plots, set against their political and social background), and issues of characterisation. This work is thus meant to contribute simultaneously to Aristophanic scholarship, by enabling a deeper appreciation of Aristophanes ' humour, and to the field of Greek literary onomastics

Art · Comedy · Context (archaeology · Etymology · Extant taxon · Linguistics · Literature · Onomastics · Political science · Politics · Proper noun · Scholarship · Subject (documents · Toponymy · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · History · Philosophy · Aristophanes · Greek · Greek drama · Greek drama, history and criticism · History and criticism · Names, personal

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