Alexa Piqueux is an Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Literature at Université Paris Nanterre and a Junior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France. Her research revolves mainly around ancient Greek theatre, comic poetry, theatre-related iconography, interrelations between art and text, and the cultural history of Magna Graecia.

A particular strength of this book is the methodological care taken in working between text and images, respecting the different ways they communicate...this is not only a book for readers interested in comedy per se but for anybody investigating gender and status in Athens more generally.

• Introduction 1: Comedy and Vase-Painting 2: The Construction of the Comic Body: Masks, Phalluses, Padding, and the Comic Ugliness 3: Signs of Genre and Sexual Identity Conveyed by Costume 4: Social and Moral Characterization through Costume 5: The Body in Movement Conclusion Appendix: Catalogue of the comedy-related vases mentioned in this study

Alexa Piqueux is an Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Literature at Université Paris Nanterre and a Junior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France. Her research revolves mainly around ancient Greek theatre, comic poetry, theatre-related iconography, interrelations between art and text, and the cultural history of Magna Graecia.

A particular strength of this book is the methodological care taken in working between text and images, respecting the different ways they communicate...this is not only a book for readers interested in comedy per se but for anybody investigating gender and status in Athens more generally.

• Introduction 1: Comedy and Vase-Painting 2: The Construction of the Comic Body: Masks, Phalluses, Padding, and the Comic Ugliness 3: Signs of Genre and Sexual Identity Conveyed by Costume 4: Social and Moral Characterization through Costume 5: The Body in Movement Conclusion Appendix: Catalogue of the comedy-related vases mentioned in this study

Alexa Piqueux is an Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Literature at Université Paris Nanterre and a Junior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France. Her research revolves mainly around ancient Greek theatre, comic poetry, theatre-related iconography, interrelations between art and text, and the cultural history of Magna Graecia.

A particular strength of this book is the methodological care taken in working between text and images, respecting the different ways they communicate...this is not only a book for readers interested in comedy per se but for anybody investigating gender and status in Athens more generally.

• Introduction 1: Comedy and Vase-Painting 2: The Construction of the Comic Body: Masks, Phalluses, Padding, and the Comic Ugliness 3: Signs of Genre and Sexual Identity Conveyed by Costume 4: Social and Moral Characterization through Costume 5: The Body in Movement Conclusion Appendix: Catalogue of the comedy-related vases mentioned in this study