Muthos : : Aristotle's concept of narrative and the fragments of old comedy / / Loren D. Marsh.

• VerfasserIn: Marsh, Loren D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen, Germany : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (213 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Table of contents -- Body -- Tables and Figures -- Tables -- 1 Parabasis placement in Aristophanes -- 2 Muthos events in Aristophanes -- Figures -- 1 Muthos placement and portion in Aristophanes -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I. Muthos: The Plot Within -- Summary -- 1. Beginning After the Start, Finishing Before the End -- 2. μέγεθος as Relative Size, μῆκος as Absolute Size -- 3. Muthos Size -- 4. Muthos Composition -- 5. What is a Muthos Part? -- II. The Aristophanic Muthos -- Summary -- 1. The Muthos and Narratology -- Sjuzet -- Genette' s récit -- Ricoeur' s muthos -- Propp' s functions -- Frye' s muthoi -- 2. Guidelines for Outlining the Muthos -- 3. The Muthos in Aristophanes -- 4. Wine-Flask -- 5. Beasts and Fishes -- 6. Spongers -- 7. Old Age -- 8. Demes -- 9. Frogments Revisited -- III. The Muthos in Mythological Old Comedy -- Summary -- 1. Mythological Comedy and the Parabasis -- 2. Mythological Comedy and the Agon -- 3. Muthos Characteristics of Mythological Comedy -- 4. The Muthos and Epirrhematic Structures -- 5. Wealth-Gods -- 6. Dionysalexander -- 7. Nemesis -- 8. Odysseus and Company -- IV. Muthos and the Definition of Genre -- Summary -- 1. The Formal Structure of Mythological Old Comedy -- 2. The Muthos in Tragedy and the Satyr Play -- Aeschylus -- Persians -- Seven Against Thebes -- Suppliants -- Prometheus Bound -- Agamemnon -- Libation bearers -- Eumenides -- Sophocles -- Ajax -- Electra -- Oedipus Tyrannus -- Antigone -- Women of Trachis -- Philoctetes -- Oedipus at Colonus -- Euripides -- Cyclops -- Alcestis -- Medea -- Children of Heracles -- Hippolytus -- Andromache -- Hecuba -- Suppliant Women -- Electra -- Heracles -- Trojan Women -- Iphigenia in Tauris -- Ion -- Helen -- Phoenician Women -- Orestes -- Bacchae -- Iphigenia at Aulis -- Rhesus.

3. Comparing the Muthos Across Genres -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Indices.