In this paper I discuss the mockery of kitharodoi and auletai in the Attic comedy by focusing on four comic passages: in Ar. Ach. 9–16 I suggest that the musician Chaeris was ridiculed through an obscene pun related to fellatio (παρέκυψε ἐπὶ τὸν Ὄρθιον); in Ar. Pac. 950–955 and Av. 857–861 I support the idea that the same Chaeris was mocked by insinuating that he attended to sacri!ces with the only objective to eat the victim’s flesh; as regards Anaxandrid. fr. 42 K.–A., I highlight some features which seem to present the song of Antigenidas, Argas and Cephisodotus in a very ridiculous way, in order to make fun of the party where the song was performed.

Beffeggiare il musicista: auleti e citarodi di V-IV secolo nella commedia attica.

Marco Recchia
2022-01-01

Abstract

In this paper I discuss the mockery of kitharodoi and auletai in the Attic comedy by focusing on four comic passages: in Ar. Ach. 9–16 I suggest that the musician Chaeris was ridiculed through an obscene pun related to fellatio (παρέκυψε ἐπὶ τὸν Ὄρθιον); in Ar. Pac. 950–955 and Av. 857–861 I support the idea that the same Chaeris was mocked by insinuating that he attended to sacri!ces with the only objective to eat the victim’s flesh; as regards Anaxandrid. fr. 42 K.–A., I highlight some features which seem to present the song of Antigenidas, Argas and Cephisodotus in a very ridiculous way, in order to make fun of the party where the song was performed.
2022
9783949189302
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