ARISTOPHANES’ THESMOPHORIAZUSAE:
SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. “Some Tragic Influences in the Thesmophoriazusae of Aristophanes”
Harold W. Miller Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological
Association, Vol. 77. (1946), pp. 171-182. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/283454
2. “Euripides’ Telephus and the Thesmophoriazusae
of Aristophanes” Harold W. Miller Classical Philology, Vol.
43, No. 3. (Jul., 1948), pp. 174-183. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/266984
3. H. Hansen, “Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazusae: Theme, Structure,
and Production,” Philologus 120 (1976) 165-85. Mullins Library:
PA3 .P5 v.120 1976.
4. “Travesties of Gender and Genre in Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazusae“
Critical Inquiry 8 (1981) 301-327. Froma Zeitlin. reprinted in Reflections
of women in antiquity / [compiled by] Helene P. Foley 1981 (Mullins
HQ1134 .R4 1981). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1343165
5. “Poetry and Imitation in the Thesmophoriazusae” Chapter
4 in Carroll Moulton, Aristophanic Poetry (Göttingen, 1981).
Mullins Library PA3879 .M6.
6. “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman” Frances Muecke
(Agathon in Thesmophoriazusae) The Classical Quarterly, New
Series, Vol. 32, No. 1. (1982), pp. 41-55. Stable URL http://www.jstor.org/stable/638736
7. “The Violence of Wellborn Ladies: Women in the Thesmophoria,”
M. Detienne, in M. Detienne and J.-P. Vernant, edd., The Cuisine of Sacrifice
among the Greeks, tr. P. Wissing (Chicago 1989) 129-147. Mullins Library:
BL795.S23 D4713 1989
8. “The Odd Thesmophoria of Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazusae“
Martha Habash. Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 38 (1997) 19-40;
Mullins Library: Full text available via PROQUEST, free to U of A students;
search Library website under Journals.
9. “Obscenity, Gender, and Social Status in Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazusae
and Ecclesiazusae” part of Chapter 6 in Spoken Like a Woman:
Speech and Gender in Athenian Drama, by Laura McClure (Princeton 1999).
Gender and Comic Obscenity 206
Ritual and the Origins of Comic Obscenity 215
Comic Masculinity: The Relative in the Thesmophoriazusae 218
Rendering the Female: The Relative’s Flawed Performance 226
Rhetoric and Obscenity at the Thesmophoria 228
The Scythian Archer and the Recovery of Masculinity 235
Special Issue of the American Journal of Philology: “Performing/Transforming
Aristophanes’ “Thesmophoriazousai” Vol. 123.3 (Autumn, 2002):
Seven articles below:
[10. “Introduction,” pp. 319-328: Mary-Kay Gamel. Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1561691]
11. “Something to do with Demeter: Ritual and Performance in Aristophanes’
“Women at the Thesmophoria” Angeliki Tzanetou, pp.
329-367. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1561692
12. “The Body and Its Representations in Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazousai:
Where Does the Costume End?” Eva Stehle, pp. 369-406. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1561693
13. “Trying (on) Gender: Modern Greek Productions of Aristophanes’
Thesmophoriazusae” Gonda Van Steen, pp. 407-427. Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1561694
14. “Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazousai and the Challenges
of Comic Translation: The Case of William Arrowsmith’s Euripides Agonistes“
Elizabeth Scharffenberger, pp. 429-463. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1561695
15. “From Thesmophoriazousai to the Julie Thesmo Show: Adaptation,
Performance, Reception.” Mary-Kay Gamel, pp. 465-499. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1561696
[16. “Epilogue” Jeffrey Henderson, pp. 501-511. Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1561697]
17. “A Poet at Work: The Parody of Helen in the Thesmophoriazusae“
Gian Franco Nieddu. Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 44 (2004)
331360. Mullins Library: DE1 .G73 v.44 2004; Available online: http://www.duke.edu/web/classics/grbs/FTexts/44/Nieddu.pdf.
Also available free from PROQUEST via Mullins Library web site.
18. “The Manuscript Tradition [of Th.]” pp. lxxxix-xcviii,
in Austin-Olson 2004 (below).
19. “Thesmophoriazusae II” pp. lxxvii-lxxxix, in Austin-Olson
2004 (below).
20. “Euripides and the City’s Women” pp. li-lxviii in Austin-Olson
2004 (below).
21. “Aristophanes and His Play;” “Date and Political Background”
pp. xxxi-xliv in Austin-Olson 2004 (below).
22. “Feastinga nd Flattering the Crows: A Reinterpretation of Aristophanes,
Thesmophoriazusae 942″ Andrew Hartwig Mnemosyne 62 (2009)
90-94.
Good Basic Resources:
1. “Women at the Thesmophoria” Chapter 11 in Aristophanes
and Athens: An Introduction to the Plays (Oxford, 1995), Douglas M.
MacDowell, pp. 251-273.
2. Thesmophoriazusae Aristophanes Colin Austin and S. Douglas
Olson. Oxford University Press, 2004. Mullins: PA3875 .T5 2004. OUTSTANDING
RESOURCE.
Other (tangentially) related articles:
J. Butrica, “The Lost Thesmophoriazusae of Aristophanes”,
Phoenix 55 (2001) 44-76.
C. Austin & S.D. Olson, “On the date and plot of Aristophanes’
lost Thesmophoriazusae“, Leeds International Classical Studies
3.5 (2003/04) 1-11.
J. Butrica, “The date of Aristophanes’ lost Thesmophoriazusae:
a response to Austin and Olson”, Leeds International Classical Studies
3.07 (2004) 1-5.
“Aristophanes and the Events of 411” Alan H. Sommerstein. The
Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 97. (1977), pp. 112-126. Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/631026
“The Festival for Bona Dea and the Thesmophoria”. H. S. Versnel.
Greece & Rome, 2nd Ser., Vol. 39, No. 1. (Apr., 1992), pp. 31-55.
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/643119
“Women’s Commensality in the Ancient Greek World” Joan Burton.
Greece & Rome, 2nd Ser., Vol. 45, No. 2. (Oct., 1998), pp. 143-165.
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/642980
“Seclusion, Separation, and the Status of Women in Classical Athens”
David Cohen. Greece & Rome, 2nd Ser., Vol. 36, No. 1. (Apr.,
1989), pp. 3-15. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/643180
“Women and Sacrifice in Classical Greece” Robin Osborne. The
Classical Quarterly, New Series, Vol. 43, No. 2. (1993), pp. 392-405.
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/639178
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