CLA 2100	Lecture Seventeen: Comedic Protest.
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• Aristophanes  

Characters, Concepts from Aristophanes Birds

• Parts of an Aristophanic Comedy: Prologos (set-up or introduction), parados (entry of chorus), agon (debate), parabasis (coming forward of chorus), episodia (micellaneous episodes), exodos (exit) and corax (wild dance).
• Euelpides
• Pithetaerus
• Trochilus
• Epops (& Procne)
• Various stock characters from Athenian life: priest, poet, oracle-monger, surveyor, inspector, dealer in decrees, parricide, informer, etc.
• Cinesias (Athenian poet)
• Various gods: Iris, Prometheus, Herakles, Posidon, Triballus, Basileia

Links to Scenes Illustrating Aristophanes' Birds

• http://plaza.ufl.edu/hmueller/cla2100/lecnotes/birds.htm