The Maculate Muse : Obscene Language in Attic Comedy.
This edition of a textbook which offers a detailed discussion of obscenity in Ancient Greek comedy has been revised to include an introduction and updated with additional philological material.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
1991.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780195361995 0195361997 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction; Abbreviations; 1. Obscene Language and the Development of Attic Comedy; 2. Varieties of Obscene Expression: An Overview; 3. The Dramatic Function of Obscenity in the Plays of Aristophanes; 4. The Sexual Organs; The Male Organs; Proper and Euphemistic Words; Agricultural Terminology; Phallic Implements; Testicles; Animals; Miscellaneous; The Female Organs; Euphemistic Terminology; Agricultural Terminology; Gates and Passageways; Rings and Circles; Holes, Pits, and Hollows; Sea Animals; Cookery; Foods; Secreta Muliebria; Miscellaneous; Birds; Split or Crack; Proper Names.
- IK; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W.