CL 791 DEMAGOGUE COMEDY Spring 2019, M 2:30-5:15 pm, STH 409. Professor Henderson ([email protected]) Office Hours MWF at 1:15 or by appointment

ἡ δηµαγωγία γὰρ οὐ πρὸς µουσικοῦ ἔτ᾿ ἐστὶν ἀνδρὸς οὐδὲ χρηστοῦ τοὺς τρόπους, ἀλλ᾿ εἰς ἀµαθῆ καὶ βδελυρόν.

No, political leadership’s no longer a job for a man of education and good character, but for the ignorant and disgusting. Aristophanes, Knights 191-93

Goals. Introduction to fifth-century (with a glance at fourth-century) Attic comedy with emphasis on its portrayal of Cleon and other populist politicians following Aristophanes’ Knights (Lenaea 424) in light of other contemporary information. Readings are not confined to the texts set on the PhD reading list (but as a professional, you can never know too much!) and include “fragments” i.e. ancient quotations from plays subsequently lost: a focus of current scholarly activity in the field.

Evaluation. Attendance at meetings; participation in translation, analysis, and discussion; a substantial (and ideally publishable) scholarly paper on a subject approved by the instructor. Definitions, policies, and procedures regarding cheating and plagiarism are as stated in the BU Academic Conduct Code, which students are expected to know and follow, and which is available online at bu.edu/academics/policies/academic-conduct-code/.

Required Reading Course materials, including asterisked readings, are available on Blackboard Learn.

Primary Greek Aristophanes Knights and Wasps; fragments of Eupolis Marikas; Platon Pisander, Hyperbolus, and Cleophon; Hermippus Breadwomen. English Aristophanes Babylonians and Acharnians; Euripides Suppliants. Thucydides 2.65, 3.1-50, 4.1-23, 26-45

Secondary: *Biles “Thucydides’ Cleon and the Poetics of Politics in Aristophanes’ Wasps” (CP 2016) *Biles “Wasps” (EGC = Encyclopedia of Greek Comedy ed. A. H. Sommerstein 2019) *Bowie “Ritual Stereotype and Comic Reversal: Ar. Wasps” (BICS 1987) *Henderson “Aristophanes” (EGC) *Henderson “A Brief History of Athenian Political Comedy” (TAPA 2013) *Henderson “Comic Chorus and the Demagogue” (Choral Mediations in Greek Tragedy 2013) *Henderson “Demagogues” (EGC) *Henderson “Demos” (EGC) *Henderson “Knights” (EGC) *Henderson “Portrayal of the Slaves” *Hutchinson “House Politics and City Politics in Aristophanes” (CQ 2011) *Michelini “Political Themes in Euripides’ Suppliants” (AJP 1994) *Olson “Politics and Poetry in Ar. Wasps” (TAPA 1996) *Scholtz “Demophilic Courtship” (TAPA 2004) *Sommerstein “Old Comedians on Old Comedy” (Drama 1992 + addenda 2009) *Sommerstein “Politics of Greek Comedy” (Cambridge Companion Greek Comedy 2014) *Yu “Divination Contest of Calchas and Mopsus and Ar.’s Knights” (GRBS 2017) *Zumbrunnen “Elite Domination and the Clever Citizen: Acharnians and Knights” (Elite Domination 2012, Chapter 4)

Texts Aristophanes’ plays: Loeb vols. 1-2 (1998) Henderson; OCT vol. 1 (2007) Wilson Aristophanes’ fragments: Loeb vol. 5 (2008) Henderson 2

Fragments: Kassel and Austin PCG; FrC volumes; Storey Fragments of Old Comedy (Loeb: 3 vols. 2011) Bibliography (Aristophanes): *Holzberg (2008) Bibliography (Old Comic Fragments): Storey in Oxford Bibliographies Online (2014)

Aristophanes Knights *Neil (Cambridge 1901); Sommerstein (A&P 1981) Aristophanes Wasps commentary Olson and Biles (Oxford 2015) Aristophanes Babylonians: Orth, FrC 10.3 (2017) 350-542 (fragments), 558-80 (previous reconstructions) Eupolis Marikas: *Olson, FrC 8.2 (2016) 121-226 Hermippus Breadwomen: Comentale, FrC 6 (2017) 65-83 Platon Pisander Hyperbolus Cleophon: Pirrotta, Studia Comica I (2009)

SCHEDULE

JANUARY M 27 Introductory. Read: Henderson “Aristophanes” / Henderson “A Brief History”

FEBRUARY M 3 Eq. 1-301, Th. 2.65. Read Henderson “Knights” / Henderson “Portrayal” M 10 Eq. 302-497. Read Henderson “Demos” T 18 Eq. 498-835, Th. 3.1-50, 4.1-23, 26-45. Read Sommerstein “Old Comedians” M 24 Eq. 836-1110. Read Zumbrunnen

MARCH M 2 Eq. 1111-1408. Read Scholtz / Yu M 16 Ve. 1-333. Read Biles “Wasps” / Bowie M 23 Ve. 334-648. Read Hutchinson M 30 Ve. 649-1008. Read Henderson “Comic Chorus and the Demagogue”

APRIL M 6 Ve. 1009-1291. Read Biles “Thucydides’ Cleon” M 13 Ve. 1292-1537. Read Sommerstein “Politics of Greek Comedy” / Olson T 21 Ar. Ach., E. Suppl., fragmentary plays. Read Henderson “Demagogues” / Michlini M 27 Papers