Philosophy

& Comedy
Aristophanes, Logos, and Eros
Bernard Freydberg
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Freydberg, Bernard, date
Philosophy and comedy : Aristophanes, logos, and eros / Bernard Freydberg.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-253-35106-7 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-253-21970-1
(pbk. : alk. paper) 1. AristophanesCriticism and interpretation. 2. Greek
drama (Comedy)History and criticism. 3. Mythology, Greek, in literature.
I. Title.
PA3879.F73 2008
882.01dc22
2007041966
1 2 3 4 5 13 12 11 10 09 08
Contents
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Introduction: On the Underlying Sense
of Aristophanic Comedy :
Part 1. Logos and Human Limits
1. Clouds and the Measuring of Logos ::
2. Wasps and the Limits of Logos ,,
Part 2. Ers and Human Limits
3. Assemblywomen: Ers and Human Law :::
4. Lysistrata: Ers and Transcendence :,
Conclusion: Ridicule and Measure :,o
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