Aristophane et l’art de l’injure

Poétique et pragmatique

By (author) Rossella Saetta Cottone Series edited by Marie-Laurence Desclos Series edited by Maria Cecilia D’Ercole

Book cover: Aristophane et l’art de l’injure

Extent: 373 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Classical Studies

Series: Kainon - Anthropologie de la pensee ancienne

Series volume number: 34

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(July 2026)

ISBN: 9782406202943

5.94 x 8.66 inches

Price: $54.00

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Hardback (Published)

(July 2026)

ISBN: 9782406202950

5.94 x 8.66 inches

Price: $128.00

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How does insult function in the comedies of Aristophanes (fifth century BCE)? Taking into account the specific features of the theatrical context, the history of poetic genres, and the role of insult in comic dramaturgy and in shaping the Greek author’s poetics, this book seeks to answer that question.

Rossella Saetta Cottone est helléniste et directrice de recherche au Centre Léon Robin de Sorbonne Université (CNRS). Ses domaines de prédilection sont le théâtre ancien (comédie et tragédie), la pensée archaïque et l’historiographie philosophique. Parmi ses publications récentes : Soleil et connaissance. Empédocle avant Platon (Paris, 2023) ; Clémence Ramnoux, entre mythes et philosophie. Dumézil, Freud, Bachelard (Paris, 2025).

  • By (author) Rossella Saetta Cottone
  • Series edited by Marie-Laurence Desclos
  • Series edited by Maria Cecilia D’Ercole