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Tragedy and Trugedy
Classical Quarterly 33 (02):331- (1983)
Abstract
The locus classicus for the didactic aspect of Greek tragedy is, of course, Aristophanes' Frogs, especially the passage at 1009–10 where Aeschylus and Euripides agree that tragic poets are valued τι βελτоυϲ…πоιоμεν τοϲ νθρπουϲ ν ταϲ πλεϲιν. But how seriously should we take this? It is comedy, after allOther Versions
| original | Taplin, O. (1983) "Tragedy and Trugedy". Classical Quarterly 33(2):331-333 |
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The Parabasis in Aristophanes: Prolegomena, Acharnians.A. M. Bowie - 1982 - Classical Quarterly 32 (1):27-40.
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