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Vickers, Michael

Michael Vickers, Jesus College, Oxford, UK.

Aristophanes and Alcibiades</a>

Aristophanes and Alcibiades

The conventional view of Aristophanes bristles with problems. Important testimony for Alcibiades’ paramount role in comedy is consistently disregarded, and the tradition that “masks were made to look like the komodoumenoi, so that before an actor spoke a word, the audience would recognize who was being attacked” is hardly ever invoked.

Aristophanes and Alcibiades</a>

Aristophanes and Alcibiades

The conventional view of Aristophanes bristles with problems. Important testimony for Alcibiades’ paramount role in comedy is consistently disregarded, and the tradition that “masks were made to look like the komodoumenoi, so that before an actor spoke a word, the audience would recognize who was being attacked” is hardly ever invoked.