Author: Samuel Gartland, School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds - Academia.edu

Abstract: »Several pieces address aspects of the plays that tap into provocative or problematic aspects of speech that have been receiving plenty of current public scrutiny: Samuel Gartland discusses the often unmarked but ubiquitous sexual violence on show in Aristophanes’ imagined war and post-war worlds and how it has been sidelined in much historical scholarship; (...).« (Source: Gartland, Samuel, and Constanze Güthenke. »Aristophanes’ Current Moments: An Introduction.« Aristophanes and the Current Moment: The Politics of Comedy. Edited by Samuel Gartland et al. London: 2025: 3)

Contents:

	Introduction: Sexual violence today (p. 43)
	Raping Thraitta (p. 45)
	Skewering Megarian children (p. 50)
	Territory and the female body (p. 54)
	Conclusion (p. 56)
	Notes (p. 59)
	References (p. 60)
	Skewering Megarian children (p. 50)

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