Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae

Aristophanes'' comic masterpiece Thesmophoriazusae has long been recognized amongst the plays of Old Comedy for its deconstruction of tragic theatricality. This book reveals that this deconstruction is grounded not simply in Aristophanes'' wider engagement with tragic realism. Rather, it demonstrates that from its outset Aristophanes'' play draws upon Parmenides'' philosophical revelations concern...