Alan H. Sommerstein is Professor of Greek at the University of Nottingham.

As one would expect, the scholarship in this volume is of high standard throughout. Sommerstein shows an excellent awareness of the social and political contexts of his subject matter, and his methodology... is exemplary.

• Introduction ; 1. The language of Athenian women ; 2. The naming of women in Greek and Roman comedy ; 3. The anatomy of euphemism in Aristophanic comedy ; 4. Talking about laughter in Aristophanes ; 5. Old Comedians on Old Comedy ; 6. Slave and citizen in Aristophanic comedy ; 7. Monsters, ogres and demons in Old Comedy ; 8. The silence of Strepsiades and the agon of the first Clouds ; 9. Response to Niall Slater ; 10. An alternative democracy and an alternative to democracy in Aristophanic comedy ; 11. Lysistrata the warrior ; 12. Nudity, obscenity and power: modes of female assertiveness in Aristophanes ; 13. Kleophon and the restaging of Frogs ; 14. Platonios diff.com. 29-31 and 46-52 Koster: Aristophanes' Aiolosikon, Kratinos' Odysses and Middle Comedy

Alan H. Sommerstein is Professor of Greek at the University of Nottingham.

As one would expect, the scholarship in this volume is of high standard throughout. Sommerstein shows an excellent awareness of the social and political contexts of his subject matter, and his methodology... is exemplary.

• Introduction ; 1. The language of Athenian women ; 2. The naming of women in Greek and Roman comedy ; 3. The anatomy of euphemism in Aristophanic comedy ; 4. Talking about laughter in Aristophanes ; 5. Old Comedians on Old Comedy ; 6. Slave and citizen in Aristophanic comedy ; 7. Monsters, ogres and demons in Old Comedy ; 8. The silence of Strepsiades and the agon of the first Clouds ; 9. Response to Niall Slater ; 10. An alternative democracy and an alternative to democracy in Aristophanic comedy ; 11. Lysistrata the warrior ; 12. Nudity, obscenity and power: modes of female assertiveness in Aristophanes ; 13. Kleophon and the restaging of Frogs ; 14. Platonios diff.com. 29-31 and 46-52 Koster: Aristophanes' Aiolosikon, Kratinos' Odysses and Middle Comedy

Alan H. Sommerstein is Professor of Greek at the University of Nottingham.

As one would expect, the scholarship in this volume is of high standard throughout. Sommerstein shows an excellent awareness of the social and political contexts of his subject matter, and his methodology... is exemplary.

• Introduction ; 1. The language of Athenian women ; 2. The naming of women in Greek and Roman comedy ; 3. The anatomy of euphemism in Aristophanic comedy ; 4. Talking about laughter in Aristophanes ; 5. Old Comedians on Old Comedy ; 6. Slave and citizen in Aristophanic comedy ; 7. Monsters, ogres and demons in Old Comedy ; 8. The silence of Strepsiades and the agon of the first Clouds ; 9. Response to Niall Slater ; 10. An alternative democracy and an alternative to democracy in Aristophanic comedy ; 11. Lysistrata the warrior ; 12. Nudity, obscenity and power: modes of female assertiveness in Aristophanes ; 13. Kleophon and the restaging of Frogs ; 14. Platonios diff.com. 29-31 and 46-52 Koster: Aristophanes' Aiolosikon, Kratinos' Odysses and Middle Comedy