Chirping Like the Swallows: Aristophanes' Portrayals of the Barbarian "Other"

In this thesis, I examine three specific characters from the extant plays of Aristophanes: the Scythian archer from Thesmophoriazusae, the Thracian god from Birds, and the Persian King's Eye from Acharnians. Through a close analysis of these three characters, I show that Aristophanes portrayed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bravo, Christopher Delante
Other Authors: Bauschatz, John
Language:EN
Published: The University of Arizona. 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193343