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Aristophanes’ Frogs

Aristophanes’ Frogs. Drama to the Rescue?. Chorus to Demeter. “May I utter much that's funny, / and also much that’s serious” (p. 79). Agenda. Tragedy As Ideal Type Let’s Fill In the Blanks Aristophanes’ Frogs Background, Structure, Themes, etc. Drama in Performance

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Aristophanes’ Frogs

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  1. Aristophanes’ Frogs Drama to the Rescue?

  2. Chorus to Demeter “May I utter much that's funny, / and also much that’s serious” (p. 79) Aristophanes Frogs

  3. Agenda • Tragedy As Ideal Type • Let’s Fill In the Blanks • Aristophanes’ Frogs • Background, Structure, Themes, etc. • Drama in Performance • Frog Chorus (pp. 51 ff.) • DEBATE: Euripides versus Aeschylus • Who is More “Tragic,” and Why? Aristophanes Frogs

  4. Tragedy As Ideal Type Let’s Fill In the Blanks

  5. Ideal Type Deliberately simplified definition/description. - To help relate recurring phenomena –(What do we learn from comparisons?) - To be applied with attention to nuance - Aristophanes Frogs

  6. Tragedy as Ideal Type • learning through suffering • identity recognition plus possible consequences • series of bad choices • hamartia • sympathy for protagonist • pity and fear • uncontrollable events • fate/fortune? • power struggle Aristophanes Frogs

  7. Aristophanes’ Frogs Background, Structure, Themes, etc.

  8. Background, Themes • Production (405 BCE) • Lenaea (Jan/Feb) • 1st prize • Political Crises • 413 Sicilian Disaster • 411 Exile of oligarchs • 406 Aegospotamoi • Poetic Crises • “Tragic” losses • Dionysus’ “yearning” Aristophanes Frogs

  9. Analysis • prologue (pp. 15 ff.) • Xanthias, Dionysus, Heracles, Corpse, Charon • choral dialogue 1 (51) • Frog Chorus, Dionysus • scene (61) • Charon, Dionysus, Xanthias (Empusa) • parodos (69) • Lyric, chanting, dialogue. Mystic Chorus of initiates, Dionysus, Xanthias • scene (87) • Dionysus, Xanthias, Aeacus, Maid • parabasis(119) • advice to the city • scene (125) • Slaves • choral ode (137) • Agōn prelude • AGŌN (139) • Opening arguments (147) • Prologues (177) • Lyrics (197) • Weighing of lines (209) • Leadership (219) • exodos (229) • Pluto, Aeschylus, Chorus. Farewell

  10. Drama in Performance Frog Chorus (pp. 51 ff.)

  11. DEBATE: Euripides versus Aeschylus Who is More “Tragic,” and Why?

  12. Debate Particulars • RESOLVED • Aeschylean drama more than Euripidean models tragedy • Groups • Pro • Anti • Judges • Procedure • Opening statements • pro • anti • Rebuttals • Cross examination • contestants, judges • Criteria: critical thinking • Relevance of arguments • Inventiveness • Use of evidence Aristophanes Frogs

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