Costume in Aristophanic comedy

538 Pages·1984·21.05 MB·English

by  Laura M. Stone

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Laun M. Stone
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Co•taa• ill Ari■tophanic comedJ.
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COSTUMEI N ARISTOPBANICC OMEDY
by
Laura M. Stone
1980
Acknowledgements
I gratefully acknowledge the help of many friends and
who offered on varioua problems discussed
scholar■ ■ugge■tions
in works Robert Sutton, Prof. Charles Murphy of Oberlin
thi■
College, Prof. Mark Philip Stadter, Edwin
Davie■, Prof■•
Brown and Mary Sturgeon of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, Prof. Jeffrey Henderson of the University of
w.
Michigan, Prof. R. Connor of Princeton, and Prof. D.B.
Thompson of the for Advanced Study. Special thanks
In■titute
go to Prof. Kenneth Rackford of the University of North Carolina,
who first suggested this work as a dissertation, and who has
since guided and adviaed its progress with wisdom, patience,
humor, and an unfailing Aristophanic spirit, and to my husband,
Prof. Mark Barnard, who gave excellent advice and constant
moral support.
Funding for the preparation of the manuscript was provided
by a grant from the Graduate School Council of Wake Forest
University.
Chapel Hill
1980
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ••
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INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTERO NE, ELEMENTSO F COMIC COSTUME 18
A. The Mask • 19
. . . . '
B. The Wig 60
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C. The Phallus 72
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D. The Padding 127
E. r'ullvd"c and Nakedness 144
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F. Garments 155
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G. Headgear 198
H. Footwear. 222
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I. Access or iea .. 244
CHAPTER TWO, COSTUME AND CHARACTER 267
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A. Male Characters 267
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
B. Female Characters 297
c. Gods and Heroes 309
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • ill •
D. Special Characters • • 341
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. . . .
E. The Costume of the Chorus 376
. . . . .
CHAPTER THREE, COSTUME CHANGES 398
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A. Transformations 399
8, Changes of Costume and Changes of Fortune • • • 404
c. . . . . . . .
Disguise. 407
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.
D. Disrobing 423
CONCLUSION • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
APPENDIX, COSTUMEA ND THE ORIGINS OF OLD COMEDY• 446
. . . . . . . . . .
LIST OP FIGURES. 453
. .
FIGURES • 456
. . . . . . .
INDEX TO PASSAGES .. 503
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BIBLIOGRAPHY 513
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
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1
DTC A.W. Pickard-Cambridge, Oithyramb, Tragedy and
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T.B.L. Webster, Greek Theatre Production, 2nd ed.
(London, 1970).
Margarete Bieber, The Historl of the Greek and
Roman Theater (Princeton, 1 39).-- --
Margarete Bieber, The Historr of the Greek and
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LSJ H.G. Lidell and Robert Scott, A Greek-English
Lexicon, rev. by H.S. Jones and R. McKenzie
(Oxford, 1968).
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RE Paulys Realencyclopadie der klassischen Altertwns
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lB94- ).
Note: All journal titles are abbreviated in accordance with
the 1977 Annie Philologigue.
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