Vol. 19 No. 1-2 (1993): XIX - 1993, Fascicolo 2-3
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Strepsiades’ bedroom, wife, and sufferings: three notes on the prologue of Aristophanes’ <i>Clouds</i>

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  • Robert Griffith
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14601/prometheus-16830

Published 2015-09-14

Keywords

  • Aristophanes,
  • Clouds,
  • Greek comedy,
  • Semonides
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Abstract

(a) In classical Athens it was quite normal for husband and wife to spend the night in different rooms: Strepsiades’ behaviour is far from strange. (b) Strepsiades’ wife is modeled on Semonides’ mare-woman (fr. 7.57f. West). (c) Lines 80-132 are a parody of Soph. Tr. 971-1278.
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