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In the following essay, Norwood discusses the plots of Cratinus's plays, to the extent they can be determined from surviving fragments.
Aristophanes spoke too soon. This stinging mixture of pra...
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In the following excerpt, originally published in German in 1963, Lesky examines the subject matter and polemics of several of Cratinus's plays.
If we were asked whether the Attic genius was mo...
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In the following essay, Rosen analyzes how Cratinus, by incorporating into his plays the elements of invective poetry, helped elevate the genre of comedy to a higher stylistic llevel.
The evidence we ...
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In the following essay, Sidwell argues that Aristophanes's Wasps and the second version of his Clouds are parodies of Catinus's Pytine, and that all three plays use caricature, politics,...
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In the following essay, Vickers argues that the Dionysalexandros was most likely written after Pericles's death.
Cratinus' Dionysalexandros may be a posthumous lampoon of Pericles rather...
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Critical Essay by Gilbert Norwood
