Athenian Comedy in the Roman Empire
Marshall, C. W. (Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada) / Hawkins, Tom (Ohio State University, USA)
Athenian comedy is firmly entrenched in the classical canon, but imperial authors debated, dissected and redirected comic texts, plots and language of Aristophanes, Menander, and their rivals in ways that reflect the non-Athenocentric, pan-Mediterranean performance culture of the imperial era. Although the reception of tragedy beyond its own contemporary era has been studied, the legacy of Athenian comedy in the Roman world is less well unders...