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ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY: PLUTOI (WEALTH GODS) C 429 BCE
“Their side’s billionaires are evil! Our side’s billionaires are wonderful!” Balladeer’s Blog’s latest look at ancient Greek comedies deals with another work by Cratinus who, along with Aristophanes...
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ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY: AUTOLYCUS circa 420 B.C.
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CALLIPPIDES (circa 400 BC), THE ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY
Annoy your friends with your pretentiousness: refer to shows like I Love Lucy and Make Room for Daddy as “Parathespian Comedies.” Balladeer’s Blog presents another examination of an ancient Greek...
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MARIKAS (circa 421 B.C.): ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY
Balladeer’s Blog presents another look at an ancient Greek Comedy. This time around it’s one written by Eupolis who – along with Aristophanes and Cratinus – was one of the Big Three of Attic Old...
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THESMOPHORIAZUSAE (circa 411 B.C.): ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY
Just one of many translations available. This comedy by Aristophanes was one that I was planning on covering very soon when I started posting my reviews of Attic Old Comedy a few years ago. For various...
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MERCHANT SHIPS (424-421 B.C.): ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY
Ancient Greek Merchant Ship Balladeer’s Blog presents another examination of an ancient Greek political satire. In this case it is one of those works of Aristophanes which have survived only in very...
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TAXIARCHOI (427-415 B.C.): ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY
Balladeer’s Blog presents another examination of an ancient Greek political satire. TAXIARCHOI (Tax Collectors) – By Eupolis. Tax Day is the most appropriate day to examine this comedy because its...
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ANOTHER ANCIENT GREEK THEATER UNEARTHED
Regular readers of Balladeer’s Blog are familiar with my obsession with ancient Greek comedies. A related story has hit the news – on the Ionian island of Lefkada a previously unknown ancient...
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ANTEIA: ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY
Anteia was written by the comic poet Philyllius. This comic poet’s career seems to have spanned approximately from the 410s BCE to 390 BCE. One of his comedies won 1st prize at a Lenaea festival in the...
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MARIKAS (421 B.C.) – ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY
Balladeer’s Blog presents another look at an ancient Greek Comedy. This time around it’s one written by Eupolis who – along with Aristophanes and Cratinus – was one of the Big Three of Attic Old...
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MERCHANT SHIPS (424-421 B.C.) BY ARISTOPHANES
With Boycott-mania sweeping the country what better time for this look at the fragmentary remains of this ancient Greek Comedy by Aristophanes? Ancient Greek Merchant Ship Balladeer’s Blog presents...
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ORE MINERS (C 420s B.C.)
For fans of ancient Greek comedies here is my brief take on the VERY fragmentary remains of Pherecrates’ comedy Ore Miners AKA Metalles. THE PLAY A group of ore miners accidentally dig so deep...
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TAXIARCHOI (427-415 B.C.) FOR TAX DAY
Balladeer’s Blog presents another examination of an ancient Greek political satire. TAXIARCHOI (Tax Collectors) – By Eupolis. Tax Day is the most appropriate day to examine this comedy because its...
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THE KNIGHTS (424 B.C.) ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY
Here’s a rerun of Balladeer’s Blog’s examination of the Ancient Greek Comedy called The Knights by Aristophanes. For background info on ancient Greek comedies see my original post on the topic:...
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ASK BALLADEER: WHY’D YOU LEAVE SICILY OUT OF YOUR REVIEW OF ARISTOPHANES’...
Here at Balladeer’s Blog I’ve been reviewing ancient Greek comedies for years and a fair amount of people have recently asked me why I didn’t take the traditional view of Aristophanes’ comedy The...
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THREE ANCIENT GREEK COMEDIES WITH “PROFESSIONAL ACCUSERS”
Balladeer’s Blog frequently examines ancient Greek comedies written by Aristophanes, Cratinus, Eupolis and others. Recently I was put in mind of the way those comedians often satirized the...
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ANTEIA- ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY
Anteia was written by the comic poet Philyllius. This comic poet’s career seems to have spanned approximately from the 410s BCE to 390 BCE. One of his comedies won 1st prize at a Lenaea festival in the...
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BEST OF JANUARY 2018
Year-end is the time for retrospectives of the months just past. Here is a look at Balladeer’s Blog’s Best of January for 2018. THE TOP FIVE FLASHMAN NOVELS – Little did I know how wild the reaction...
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ASK BALLADEER: FAVORITE ANCIENT GREEK COMEDIAN OUTSIDE OF ARISTOPHANES
ASK BALLADEER: Who is your favorite Attic Old Comedian outside of Aristophanes? ANSWER: Enough people have asked this now that I’ll post this in the spirit of an FAQ. Outside of Aristophanes, of...
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SYNOPSES FOR ANCIENT GREEK COMEDIES
By reader request here is a blog post featuring a brief synopsis of the subject matter to each of the dozens of reviews I’ve written of ancient Greek comedies. Some of you indicated that you don’t like...
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