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1 online resource (288 pages) |
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880-01 Introduction; Abbreviations; 1. Obscene Language and the Development of Attic Comedy; 2. Varieties of Obscene Expression: An Overview; 3. The Dramatic Function of Obscenity in the Plays of Aristophanes; 4. The Sexual Organs; The Male Organs; Proper and Euphemistic Words; Agricultural Terminology; Phallic Implements; Testicles; Animals; Miscellaneous; The Female Organs; Euphemistic Terminology; Agricultural Terminology; Gates and Passageways; Rings and Circles; Holes, Pits, and Hollows; Sea Animals; Cookery; Foods; Secreta Muliebria; Miscellaneous; Birds; Split or Crack; Proper Names |
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880-01/(S Other Erogenous Bodily Parts5. Sexual Congress; Euphemistic Expressions; Nautical Terminology; Agricultural Terminology; Metaphors from Sport; Hitting and Piercing; Miscellaneous; Burning; Λορδουν and Kúπτειν, ; Kissing; Feliatio; Cunnilingus; 6. Scatological Humor; Xezein; Scatophagy and Related Humor; Urination; ΠερδεσθαιThe Hindquarters; 7. Homosexuality; Pathics; Pathic Kωμωδονμενοι; Active Pederasty; Effeminacy; Autoerotic Behavior; Appendix; Bibliography; Addenda, Corrigenda, Retractanda; Index of Specially Discussed Passages; Index of Greek Words; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H |
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IK; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W |
| Summary |
This edition of a textbook which offers a detailed discussion of obscenity in Ancient Greek comedy has been revised to include an introduction and updated with additional philological material |
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Print version record |
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Obscene words in literature.
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Greek drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism
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Greek language -- Obscene words
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Scatology in literature.
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Sex in literature.
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Sex -- Terminology
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Greek drama (Comedy)
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Greek language -- Obscene words
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Obscene words in literature
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Scatology in literature
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Sex
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Sex in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Terminology
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780195361995 |
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0195361997 |
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