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- Title
OLD FROG SONGS. THE RECEPTION OF GREEK OLD COMEDY IN ROME.
- Authors
CUCCHIARELLI, ANDREA
- Abstract
The task of translating the humour of Old Comedy, characterised as it was by aggression and obscenity, was a difficult one for the Roman poets. Horace's approach to the question is emblematic of the way ancient comedy was received in Rome: it was especially Aristophanes as a 'literary critic' that was read and readapted by Roman writers. It is possible that Horace exerted an influence over this selection process, but more probable is that he simply helped to facilitate the procedure. In the hands of poets and men of letters, Aristophanes and the other old comedians have been read and appreciated more for their literary interests, than for their political struggles. Old Greek Comedies were essentially texts for men of letters, works to be studied and considered in their written state, and usually not represented on stage.
- Subjects
OLD Comedy (Greek drama); OBSCENE words in literature; CLASSICAL poetry; HORACE, 65 B.C.-8 B.C.; ARISTOPHANES, ca. 446 B.C.-ca. 386 B.C.
- Publication
Ordia Prima, 2009, Vol 8/9, p20
- ISSN
1666-7743
- Publication type
Article