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Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kathryn G. Bosher
Edited by Edith Hall
Edited by Clemente Marconi
Prepared for publication by LaDale Winling
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:247
Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 170
Category/GenreArt History
Ancient and classical art BCE to c 500 CE
Drama
ISBN/Barcode 9781108725651
ClassificationsDewey:792.09378
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 2 Maps; 15 Halftones, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 10 March 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Studies of ancient theater have traditionally taken Athens as their creative center. In this book, however, the lens is widened to examine the origins and development of ancient drama, and particularly comedy, within a Sicilian and southern Italian context. Each chapter explores a different category of theatrical evidence, from the literary (fragments of Epicharmus and cult traditions) to the artistic (phylax vases) and the archaeological (theater buildings). Kathryn G. Bosher argues that, unlike in classical Athens, the golden days of theatrical production on Sicily coincided with the rule of tyrants, rather than with democratic interludes. Moreover, this was not accidental, but plays and the theater were an integral part of the tyrants' propaganda system. The volume will appeal widely to classicists and to theater historians.

Author Biography

Kathryn G.. Bosher was Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Northwestern University until her death in 2013. She was editor of Theater Outside Athens: Drama in Greek Sicily and South Italy (Cambridge, 2012) and coeditor of The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas (2015). Edith Hall is Professor of Classics at King's College London. Clemente Marconi is James R. McCredie Professor of Greek Art and Archaeology at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.