Plato's democratic entanglements : Athenian politics and the practice of philosophy by Monoson, Susan Sara, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…The allure of Harmodius and Aristogeiton: public/private relations in the Athenian democratic imaginary ; Citizen as Parrhesiastes (Frank Speaker) ; Citizen as Erastes (Lover): erotic imagery and the idea of reciprocity in the Periclean funeral oration ; Citizen as Theates (Theater-Goer): performing unity, reciprocity, and strong-mindedness in the City Dionysia -- Plato's democratic entanglements. Unsettling the orthodoxy ; Philosopher as Parrhesiates (Frank Speaker) ; Remembering Pericles: the political and theoretical import of Plato's Menexenus ; Theory and theatricality.…”
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Peace by Aristophanes

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The dramatic festivals of Athens by Pickard-Cambridge, Arthur Wallace, Sir, 1873-1952

Table of Contents: “…Part 1: The lesser festivals: The Anthesteria -- The Lenaia -- The rural Dionysia -- The Panathenaia -- Part 2: The great or city Dionysia -- Part 3: The Actors -- Terminology, etc. -- Number of actors and distribution of parts -- Delivery: speech, recitative, and song -- Voice and enunciation -- Gesture -- Part 4: The costumes : Introduction (general character of the evidence) -- Tragedy and satyr play -- Comedy -- Part 5: The chorus -- The character, functions, and movements pof the chorus -- Dancing in drama -- Music in drama -- Part 6: The audience -- Part 7: The artists of Dionysus -- Appendix: Inscriptions relating to the 'Artists of Dionysus' -- Additional note: Michael Psellos on the music of tragedy.…”


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Aeschylus. by Mitchell-Boyask, Robin

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