About this title: This book opens up a neglected chapter in the reception of Athenian drama, especially comedy; and it gives stage-centre to a particularly attractive and entertaining series of vase-paintings, which have been generally regarded as marginal curiosities. These are the so-called 'phlyax vases', nearly all painted in the Greek cities of South Italy in the period 400 t0 360 BC. Up till now, they have been taken to reflect some kind of local folk-theatre, but Oliver Taplin, prompted especially by three that have only been published in the last twelve years, argues that most, if not all, reflect ...
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Description: Good. Exlibrary hardback with dust jacket covered in plastic, spine of dj sunned, minor shelf wear to boards, usual library stamps & markings, good clear text & binding sound, published 1993 by Clarendon Press, will be despatched immediately. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780198147978ISBN:019814797X
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780198147978ISBN:019814797X
Description: New. This book opens a neglected chapter in the reception of Athenian drama, especially comedy, and gives center stage to a particularly attractive and entertaining series of vase-paintings which have generally been regarded as marginal curiosities. These... read more
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