The comic body in ancient Greek theatre and art, 440-320 BCE /

• Main Author: Piqueux, Alexa (συγγραφέας)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.
• Edition: First edition.
• Series: Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation
• Subjects: Τέχνη, Αρχαία > Ελλάδα; Κεραμική, Ελληνική(Αρχαία); Κωμικό, Το, στην τέχνη.; Κωμικό, Το, στη λογοτεχνία.; Ελληνικό δράμα (Κωμωδία) > Ιστορία και κριτική; Σώμα, Ανθρώπινο, στη λογοτεχνία.; Σώμα, Ανθρώπινο στην τέχνη.

Using both textual and iconographic sources, this richly illustrated book examines the representations of the body in Greek Old and Middle Comedy, how it was staged, perceived, and imagined, particularly in Athens, Magna Graecia, and Sicily. The study also aims to refine knowledge of the various con...