Table of Contents

List of Figures
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One: Comedy and Satyr Drama in Plato and Aristotle
Chapter Two: Early Kômos Songs: Satyric, Precomic, and Dithyrambic Performance
Chapter Three: Sicilian Comedy and the Attic Satyr Play
Chapter Four: Old Comedy, Classical Satyr Drama, and Euripides' Alcesits
Chapter Five: Middle Comedy and the "Satyric" Style
Chapter Six: Post-Classical Satyr Play and Old Comedy
Conclusion
References
Index of Passages
General Index

About the Author

Carl Shaw is Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Language and Literature at New College of Florida.

Reviews

"While generic relationships have become an important focus in the study of classical Greek theatre, satyr drama, though a partner in the tragic performances, has been relatively neglected. This new study illuminates a vital dimension of satyr drama by tracing its interaction with comedy, both Attic and West-Greek, from the beginnings into Roman times. Original, comprehensive, and engagingly written, Satyric Play will richly reward both newcomers and
experienced fans of the genre." --Jeffrey Henderson, Boston University
"This book is an experiment in putting the most marginal and subordinate dramatic genre into the center of view, imagining it as a dynamic, admired intellectual force. In doing so, Carl Shaw reads as much as he can into each scrap of information, explores the widest possible range of evidence and presses his arguments as far as they will go-and does so with great success. He shows that the comedies of Epicharmus and those of the Athenian fourth century were
greatly influenced by Satyr Play, and that in the fourth century Satyr Play paradoxically achieved- during the decline of tragedy-its independence, and broke free within the competition as a newly
original genre." --Jeffrey Rusten, Cornell University