Vol. 36 No. 3 (2010): XXXVI - 2010, fascicolo 3
Articoli

Il prologo delle <em>Rane</em> e i bagagli di Santia: una breve nota di poetica aristofanea

Published 2012-10-03

Keywords

  • comedy,
  • Aristophanes’ Frogs

Abstract

Xanthias’ struggle with his luggage has a metapoetical meaning: Aristophanes makes fun of some inept comic poets, labeled as φορτικοί or σκευοφόροι, who re-use the same old jokes in different plays.