Aristophanes' Frogs and the Contest of Homer and Hesiod

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dc.contributor.authorRosen, Ralph M
dc.contributor.authorRosen, Ralph M
dc.date2023-05-16T23:54:50.000
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-22T13:03:32Z
dc.date.available2023-05-22T13:03:32Z
dc.date.issued2004-10-01
dc.date.submitted2006-09-21T13:32:00-07:00
dc.description.abstractDionysus' unexpected decision at the end of the play is generally thought to reflect the notion that poets such as Aeschylus and Euripides had practical moral insight to offer their audiences and to promote an "Aeschylean" over a "Euripidean" approach to life. I argue, however, that this ending offers a curiously offbeat combination of aesthetic insight and intertextual playfulness that ultimately relieves the Aristophanic Aeschylus and Euripides of the moralizing burden they have had to shoulder for so long. My reasons for suggesting this arise from consideration of the relationship between Frogs and another literary text that featured a high-profile poetic contest, namely, the Contest of Homer and Hesiod.
dc.description.comments<p>Postprint version. Published in <em>The Transactions of the American Philological Association</em>, Volume 134, Issue 2, pages 295-322.<br /> Publisher URL: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/7774</p>
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dc.source.issue4
dc.source.journalDepartmental Papers (Classical Studies)
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dc.subject.otherAncient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity
dc.titleAristophanes' Frogs and the Contest of Homer and Hesiod
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