History from Comic Hypotheses: Stratocles, Lachares, and <i>P.Oxy. 1235</i>
oleh: Lara O'Sullivan
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Duke University 2010-11-01 |
Deskripsi
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">The claim, in a didascalic list, that the tyrant Lachares blocked performance of Menander's</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><em>Imbrians</em></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">(302/1) derives from ancient scholars' quest for political motives to explain statements in comedy, and probably also confuses Lachares with the tyrant Stratocles.</span>