Com.Adesp. fr. 1001 K.-A. is preserved on the recto of P.Didot, a papyrus dating from around 160 B.C. and containing some poetic extracts written by three different scribes. The comic fragment, in iambic trimeters, comes from a monologue of a male speaker, who addresses the audience directly and talks about being reborn into new life. The style and the content of this text suggest an author of the fourth or third century, quite possibly a New Comedy playwright, but its authorship is far from certain. The references to the sanctuary of Asklepios at l. 9 and to the Acropolis and the nearby theatre at l. 15 indicate that the setting of the performance of this speech was the Theatre of Dionysus, on the southern slopes of the Acropolis of Athens.
Com.Adesp. fr. 1001 K.-A.: un esempio di monologo ‘visivo’
Stama, F.
2020-01-01
Abstract
Com.Adesp. fr. 1001 K.-A. is preserved on the recto of P.Didot, a papyrus dating from around 160 B.C. and containing some poetic extracts written by three different scribes. The comic fragment, in iambic trimeters, comes from a monologue of a male speaker, who addresses the audience directly and talks about being reborn into new life. The style and the content of this text suggest an author of the fourth or third century, quite possibly a New Comedy playwright, but its authorship is far from certain. The references to the sanctuary of Asklepios at l. 9 and to the Acropolis and the nearby theatre at l. 15 indicate that the setting of the performance of this speech was the Theatre of Dionysus, on the southern slopes of the Acropolis of Athens.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
