Theatre props and civic identity in Athens, 458-405 BC. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rosie Wyles.
• Authors: Wyles, Rosie
• Contents: List of IllustrationsList of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction Propping up Athens Chapter 1 Casting votes in AthensChapter 2 Trialling Props on stageI The Oresteia's appropriation of voting urns and pebblesII Dramatic retrials after 458 BCChapter 3 A Weapon of DemocracyChapter 4 Swords drawn on the tragic stageI The Oresteia's tyrant slayersII Ajax's battlefield sphagiaChapter 5 Swords redrawn on stageI The comic re-drawing of swords II Swords redrawn again in Phoenician WomenChapter 6 The Mask in handI SocietyII TheatreConclusion Evaluating ObjectsAppendix Clytemnestra's sword in the Oresteia NotesBibliography Index.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Bloomsbury Acacemic
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 270 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 792.02/509385; Theater -- Greece -- Athens -- History -- To 500; Stage props; Literature and society -- Greece -- Athens -- History -- To 1500; Greek drama -- History and criticism; Civilization; Greek drama; Literature and society; Stage props; Theater; Athens (Greece) -- Civilization; Greece -- Athens; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350143999; 1350143995; 9781350143982; 1350143987; 9781350144002; 1350144002
• Related ISBNs: 9781350143975; 9781350186477
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 17, 2020).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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