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2016 | 1(13) | 43-54

Article title

Chłostanie Dionizosa. Bogowie na scenie w komediach Arystofanesa

Content

Title variants

EN
The whipping of Dionysus. The gods on the stage in the comedies of Aristophanes

Languages of publication

PL

Abstracts

EN
The gods as dramatis personae were introduced into the stage of the ancient Greek theatre by the tragedians who kept, however, a distance between the gods and the men in their plays. That distance disappeared almost entirely in Old Comedy, where the gods were reduced to the position of men. The gods fell into dependence of terrestrials, sometimes they even allowed to be treated like slaves. It was possible to show the gods this way because of the freedom of speech in Athens of that time, and because of anthropomorphic attitude of the Greeks towards their gods. Such gods were introduced by Aristophanes into the stage particularly in the following plays: in Peace, Birds, Frogs, and Plutus. Those plays were the source of material for the article. The author wanted to show in it mostly the characters and the acting of gods very much similar to human beings, and at the same time departing from their divinity.

Year

Issue

Pages

43-54

Physical description

Dates

published
2016-05-23

Contributors

  • Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim

References

  • Aristophanes, Comoediae, v. I-II ed., F. W. Hall and W. M. Geldart, Oxford 1970.
  • Arystofanes, Komedie, t. I-II, przełożyła, wstępem I przypisami opatrzyła J. Ławińska-Tyszkowska, Warszawa 2001-2003.
  • Grimal P., Słownik mitologii greckiej i rzymskiej, Wrocław 1990.
  • Sycylijski D., Czyny i dzieła herosów i półbogów, przekład i wstęp S. Dworacki, komentarz L. Mrozewicz, seria: Biblioteka Historyczna IV, Poznań 2013.

Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

ISSN
2083-8964

YADDA identifier

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