AncientComedyandReception Ancient Comedy and Reception EssaysinHonorofJeffreyHenderson Editedby S.DouglasOlson ISBN978-1-61451-166-3 e-ISBN978-1-61451-125-0 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData ACIPcatalogrecordforthisbookhasbeenappliedforattheLibraryofCongress. BibliographicinformationpublishedbytheDeutscheNationalbibliothek TheDeutscheNationalbibliothekliststhispublicationintheDeutscheNationalbibliografie; detailedbibliographicdataareavailableintheInternetathttp://dnb.dnb.de. ©2014WalterdeGruyterGmbH,Berlin/Boston Coverimage:©TheTrusteesoftheBritishMuseum Typesetting:jürgenullrichtyposatz,Nördlingen Printing:Hubert&Co.GmbH&Co.KG,Göttingen ♾Printedonacid-freepaper PrintedinGermany www.degruyter.com Foreword Thisvolumerepresentsanattempttooffernotasystematichistoryofthecomicgenre fromGraeco-Romantimestotoday,butaseriesofinterconnectedstudiesofsomeof themostimportantmomentsandfiguresinthathistory.Thesestudiesarededicated toJeffreyHenderson,whoseMaculateMuse(1975)andcriticaleditionandcommen- taryonAristophanes’Lysistrata(1987)—amongothermajorscholarlycontributions— havedecisivelyshapedthewayAthenian“OldComedy”isreadandreceivedtoday. ThevolumewasconceivedbyWolfgangHaase,ProfessorofClassicalStudiesat Boston University, who set its intellectual and geographic limits, issued the vast majorityoftheinvitationstocontribute,establishedthestyle-sheetandbasicformat- tingstandards,anddidpreliminaryeditorialworkonanumberofindividualpieces. WhenHaasewasforcedtowithdrawfromtheprojectforreasonsofillhealthatthe end of 2012, I took over as general editor. My time and energy has been devoted primarily to line-editing material already in hand, making further organizing and formatting decisions and applying them throughout, and shepherding the project throughthepress.Iwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetotheindividualauthorsfor consistentlyandcheerfullymeetingthemanydeadlinessettheminthecourseofthis process. I would also like to thank Michiel Klein Swormink, De Gruyter’s Editorial DirectorfortheHumanities(NorthAmerica),andourprojecteditorEmilyHough,for theirassistanceinbringingthevolumeintoprint. S. DouglasOlson Freiburg,August2013 Contents S.DouglasOlson Foreword V AncientComedyandReceptions ZacharyP.Biles ExchangingMetaphorsinCratinusandAristophanes 3 RalphM.Rosen ComicParrhêsiaandtheParadoxesofRepression 13 JamesRobson SlippingOneIn:TheIntroductionofObsceneLexicalItemsinAristophanes 29 Heinz-GüntherNesselrath AncientComedyandHistoriography:AristophanesMeetsHerodotus 51 OliverTaplin EpiphanyofaSeriousDionysusinaComedy? 62 GiuseppeMastromarco ToponimieimmaginariosessualenellaLisistratadiAristofane 69 MarkAlonge Dionysus’ChoiceinFrogsandAristophanes’ParaeneticPedigree 82 J.R.Green TwoPhaedras:EuripidesandAristophanes? 94 CharlesPlatter Plato’sAristophanes 132 AlanH.Sommerstein Menander’sSamiaandthePhaedraTheme 167 MichaelFontaine DynamicsofAppropriationinRomanComedy:Menander’sKolaxin ThreeRomanReceptions(Naevius,PlautusandTerence’sEunuchus) 180 VIII Contents SimoneBeta LiberalingualoquemurludisLiberalibus: GnaeusNaeviusasaLatinAristophanes? 203 EckardLefèvre PlautusunddieTechnikendesImprovisationstheaters 223 BorisDunsch Legeduravivontmulieres:Syra’sComplaintabouttheSexualDoubleStandard (PlautusMerc.817–29) 235 KeithSidwell “LettingItAllHangOut”:Lucian,OldComedyandtheOriginsof RomanSatire 259 IanRuffell OldComedyatRome:RhetoricalModelandSatiricalProblem 275 NiallW.Slater InventingEverything:ComicandPerformativeSourcesof Graeco-RomanFiction 309 StevenD.Smith FromDramatoNarrative:TheReceptionofComedyintheAncientNovel 322 SebastianaNervegna GreekCultureasImages:Menander’sComediesandTheirPatrons intheRomanWestandtheGreekEast 346 NiallW.Slater TheEvidenceoftheZeugmaSynaristosaiMosaicforImperial PerformanceofMenander 366 Medieval,RenaissanceandEarlyModernReceptions LauraKendrick MedievalVernacularVersionsofAncientComedy:GeoffreyChaucer, EustacheDeschamps,VitalisofBloisandPlautus’Amphitryon 377 LudovicaRadif Aristofanemascherato:Unsecolo(1415–1504)difortunae‘sfortuna’ 397 Contents IX HélèneCasanova-Robin L’influencedePlautesurladéfinitionducomiquechezGiovanniPontano 410 JohnNassichuk Strepsiades’LatinVoice:TwoRenaissanceTranslationsof Aristophanes’Clouds 427 FrancescaSchironi TheTricksterOnstage:TheCunningSlavefromPlautusto Commediadell’Arte 447 RobertS.Miola AristophanesinEngland,1500–1660 479 MaikGoth ExaggeratingTerence’sAndria:Steele’sTheConsciousLovers,Bellamy’sThe Perjur’dDevoteeandTerentianCriticism 503 AdeleScafuro RomanComedyandRenaissanceRevengeDrama:TitusAndronicus asExemplaryText 537 PhilipFord MolièreandtheRomanComicTradition 565 GesineManuwald JacobMasen’sRusticusimperans(1657)andAncientTheater 580 BenjamínGarcía-Hernández,RosarioLópezGregorisyCarmenGonzález-Vázquez LarecepcióndePlautoyTerencioenlaliteraturaespañola 606 RobertTordoff Reform:AFarceModernisedfromAristophanes(1792) 654 ModernReceptions BernhardGreiner PolosundPolis:Aristophanes’VögelundderenBearbeitungdurchGoethe, KarlKrausundPeterHacks 699