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104, 988) and Pindar (Olympian 4.9, Pythian 5.22). There are also depictions of torch-lit processions in vase painting, yet it is not always clear from the evidence of vases if they depict
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for not wearing a mask during the komos, as was the custom (On the Embassy 19.287), suggesting costume or disguise may have been involved. The playing of music during the
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Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr. ‘’Nature, Culture and the Origins of Greek Comedy: A Study of Animal Choruses’’. CUP 2006.
113:) was a ritualistic drunken procession performed by revelers in ancient Greece, whose participants were known as 332:(the Dorian word for village). Nevertheless, it remains unclear exactly how the revel-song developed into the 439: 84: 444: 345: 98: 160:
describes them taking place at the city festivals (Pythian 5.21, 8.20, Olympian 4.9), while
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celebrations for winning athletes, the choral singers often present themselves as
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Rothwell maintains there is some ambiguity to this, see note 7 p.214
179: 174: 211:, script, or rehearsal. In the performance of Greek victory odes ( 69: 321: 314: 157: 129: 51: 285:, "comedy", are etymologically related, the derivation being 20: 376:
The Poet's Voice: Essays on Poetics and Greek Literature
152:. However, no one kind of event is associated with the 237:" ("modest", "decent"), which implies that standard 336:of the Dionysian festival in the 6th century BC. 431: 379:. Cambridge University Press. p. 135. 244:Demosthenes upbraids the brother-in-law of 182:(Speeches 21.10), which may indicate the 372: 57: 27: 301:, "sing"). However, in part III of the 16:Ancient Greek drunken ritual procession 432: 225:, or extend an invitation to join the 186:might have been a competitive event. 164:mentions them taking place after the 309:records the tradition that the word 320:that took place in the villages of 203:, both of which were scripted. The 106: 13: 14: 456: 199:, or ritual procession, and the 193:must be distinguished from the 402: 393: 366: 357: 273:It is now widely thought that 124:The earliest reference to the 1: 420: 233:were expressly described as " 77: 44: 85:Staatliche Antikensammlungen 7: 339: 10: 461: 102: 18: 346:Corpus vasorum antiquorum 373:Goldhill, Simon (1991). 351: 178:on the first day of the 19:Not to be confused with 414:cites both etymologies. 88: 55: 35:revellry scene from a 252:is also mentioned by 148:while carousing in a 61: 31: 440:Ancient Greek comedy 241:were anything but. 135:Shield of Herakles 89: 56: 386:978-0-521-39570-0 313:derives from the 259:Thesmophoriazusae 142:gate-crashes the 72:by member of the 452: 445:Cult of Dionysus 415: 406: 400: 397: 391: 390: 370: 364: 361: 334:Greek Old comedy 180:Greater Dionysia 108: 104: 82: 79: 74:Tyrrhenian group 49: 46: 460: 459: 455: 454: 453: 451: 450: 449: 430: 429: 423: 418: 407: 403: 398: 394: 387: 371: 367: 362: 358: 354: 342: 293:, "song" (from 80: 47: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 458: 448: 447: 442: 428: 427: 422: 419: 417: 416: 401: 392: 385: 365: 355: 353: 350: 349: 348: 341: 338: 266:, choruses or 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 457: 446: 443: 441: 438: 437: 435: 425: 424: 413: 412: 405: 396: 388: 382: 378: 377: 369: 360: 356: 347: 344: 343: 337: 335: 331: 327: 324:, hence from 323: 319: 316: 312: 308: 304: 300: 296: 292: 288: 284: 280: 276: 271: 269: 265: 261: 260: 255: 251: 247: 242: 240: 236: 232: 228: 224: 220: 216: 215: 210: 209:chorus leader 206: 202: 198: 197: 192: 187: 185: 181: 177: 176: 171: 170: 169: 163: 159: 155: 151: 147: 146: 141: 137: 136: 131: 127: 122: 120: 116: 112: 100: 99:Ancient Greek 96: 95: 86: 75: 71: 68: 64: 60: 53: 42: 38: 34: 30: 26: 22: 409: 404: 395: 375: 368: 363:Rothwell, p8 359: 329: 325: 310: 298: 294: 291:ᾠδή - o(i)de 290: 286: 282: 278: 274: 272: 267: 257: 254:Aristophanes 249: 243: 238: 234: 230: 226: 222: 213: 204: 194: 190: 188: 183: 173: 167: 165: 153: 149: 143: 133: 125: 123: 118: 114: 110: 93: 92: 90: 67:black-figure 62: 32: 25: 162:Demosthenes 117:(κωμασταί, 87:(Inv. 1432) 434:Categories 421:References 217:) at post- 140:Alcibiades 81: 560 48: 575 41:KY Painter 37:Komast cup 307:Aristotle 246:Aeschines 207:lacked a 145:Symposium 340:See also 311:kōmoedia 283:komoidia 264:symposia 214:epinikia 175:choregoi 119:kōmastaí 315:Megaran 303:Poetics 279:κωμῳδία 223:kōmasts 115:kōmasts 70:amphora 65:scene, 54:(E 742) 39:by the 383:  322:Sicily 235:semnoí 201:chorus 158:Pindar 130:Hesiod 128:is in 52:Louvre 352:Notes 299:aeido 295:ἀείδω 287:komos 275:kōmos 268:kōmoi 250:kōmos 239:kōmoi 231:kōmoi 227:kōmos 205:kōmos 196:pompe 191:kōmos 184:kōmos 168:pompe 154:kōmos 150:kōmos 126:kōmos 111:kōmoi 103:κῶμος 94:kōmos 63:Kōmos 33:Kōmos 21:Comus 411:SOED 408:The 381:ISBN 330:kōme 326:κώμη 318:mime 277:and 219:Game 189:The 172:and 91:The 83:BC, 50:BC, 132:'s 107:pl. 436:: 328:– 305:, 297:– 289:+ 281:– 270:. 156:: 109:: 105:; 101:: 78:c. 76:, 45:c. 43:, 389:. 256:( 97:( 23:.

Index

Comus

Komast cup
KY Painter
Louvre

black-figure
amphora
Tyrrhenian group
Staatliche Antikensammlungen
Ancient Greek
Hesiod
Shield of Herakles
Alcibiades
Symposium
Pindar
Demosthenes
pompe
choregoi
Greater Dionysia
pompe
chorus
chorus leader
epinikia
Game
Aeschines
Aristophanes
Thesmophoriazusae
symposia
Poetics

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