| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 267 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-239) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Obscene Language and the Development of Attic Comedy -- Varieties of Obscene Expression: An Overview -- Dramatic Function of Obscenity in the Plays of Aristophanes -- Sexual Organs -- Male Organs -- Proper and Euphemistic Words -- Agricultural Terminology -- Phallic Implements -- Testicles -- Animals -- Female Organs -- Euphemistic Terminology -- Agricultural Terminology -- Gates and Passageways -- Rings and Circles -- Holes, Pits, and Hollows -- Sea Animals -- Cookery -- Foods -- Secreta Muliebria -- Birds -- Split or Crack -- Proper Names -- Other Erogenous Bodily Parts -- Sexual Congress -- Euphemistic Expressions -- Nautical Terminology -- Agricultural Terminology -- Metaphors from Sport -- Hitting and Piercing -- Burning -- [characters not reproducible] -- Kissing -- Fellatio -- Cunnilingus -- Scatological Humor -- Xezein -- Scatophagy and Related Humor -- Urination -- [characters not reproducible] -- Hindquarters -- Homosexuality -- Pathics -- Pathic [characters not reproducible] -- Active Pederasty -- Effeminacy -- Autoerotic Behavior. |
| Summary |
"The pervasive and unrestrained use of obscenity has long been acknowledged as a major feature of fifth-century Attic Comedy. This acclaimed book, now in a new edition, offers both a comprehensive discussion of the dynamics of Greek obscenity and a detailed commentary on the terminology itself. After contrasting the Greek notion of obscenity with modern-day ideas, Henderson discusses obscenity's role in the development of Attic Comedy, its historical origins, varieties, and dramatic function. His analysis of obscene terminology sheds new light on Greek culture. Book jacket."--Jacket. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Greek drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism.
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Greek drama (Comedy) |
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Obscene words in literature.
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Obscene words in literature. |
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Greek language -- Obscene words.
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Greek language -- Obscene words. |
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Greek language. |
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Scatology in literature.
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Scatology in literature. |
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Sex in literature.
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Sex in literature. |
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Sex -- Terminology.
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Sex -- Terminology. |
| Indexed Term |
Greek drama |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Terminology.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Henderson, Jeffrey, 1946- Maculate muse. 2nd ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 1991 (DLC) 90042489 |
| ISBN |
9780198023128 (electronic book) |
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019802312X (electronic book) |
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0195066855 (Paper) |
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9780195066852 |
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0195066847 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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9780195066845 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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