Nature, Culture, and the Origins of Greek Comedy : A Study of Animal Choruses (Hardcover)

1. Komos, symposium, and performance, 2. Animal choruses: the evidence of vase-painting; 3. Animals and satyrs in classical Greece: an excursus; 4. The literary fragments and Aristophanes; Knights, Wasps, and Frogs; 5. Aristophanes' Birds and the rise of civilization; Conclusions; Appendix A: testimonia and fragments of lost comedies; Appendix B: miscellaneous depictions of animals costumes.