Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Setting the stage (in Athens and beyond)
- Part II Comic theatre
- Part III Central themes
- 9 Laughter
- 10 Utopianism
- 11 The Greek ‘comic hero’
- 12 Social class
- 13 Performing gender in Greek Old and New Comedy
- 14 Divinity and religious practice
- Part IV Politics, law and social history
- Part V Reception
- Bibliography
- Index
9 - Laughter
from Part III - Central themes
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Setting the stage (in Athens and beyond)
- Part II Comic theatre
- Part III Central themes
- 9 Laughter
- 10 Utopianism
- 11 The Greek ‘comic hero’
- 12 Social class
- 13 Performing gender in Greek Old and New Comedy
- 14 Divinity and religious practice
- Part IV Politics, law and social history
- Part V Reception
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy , pp. 189 - 205Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014
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