This book opens a neglected chapter in the reception of Athenian drama; especially comedy; and gives center stage to a particularly attractive and entertaining series of vase-paintings which have generally been regarded as marginal curiosities. These are the so-called "phylax vases;" nearly all painted in Greek cities of South Italy in the period 400 to 360 B.C. Until now; they have been taken to reflect a sort of local folk-theater; but Taplin argues that most; if not all; reflect Athenian comedy of the sort represented by Aristophanes. His bold thesis brings up questions about the relation of tragedy as well as comedy to vase painting; the cultural climate of the Greek cities in Italy; and the extent to which Athenians were aware of drama as a potential "export." It also enriches appreciation of many key aspects of Aristophanic comedy. The book has assembled 46 photographs of vase-paintings; many printed here for the first time outside specialist publications not readily accessible.
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