Welcome to Aristophanes' THESMOPHORIZOUSAI

[Greek 4043, Spring, 2009 University of Arkansas]

Illustration: South Italian Apulian red-figure bell-krater, c. 380-370 BCE, by the Schiller Painter. Martin von Wagner Museum, Würzburg.

Scene from Thesmophoriazousai. The Kinsman as paratragic Telephos (see below for a classical example of Telephos and Orestes).

Note details from the play: Both characters are masked. Mica holds the 'slaughter bowl' (to sphageion 754) to catch the 'blood, and the 'baby' is wearing 'Persian booties' (Persikas 734).

Syllabus/Schedule

Introduction

Bibliography

Illustration: Telephos with Orestes his hostage. Attic red-figure pelike, c. 450 BCE, by a painter near the Chicago painter. British Museum, London.