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  1. The Parabasis in Aristophanes: Prolegomena, Acharnians.A. M. Bowie - 1982 - Classical Quarterly 32 (1):27-40.
    In this article, an introduction to a proposed more comprehensive treatment of the subject, I wish to discuss the contribution that the parabasis makes to the understanding and interpretation of Aristophanes’ comedies. The study of this part of the plays has in the past concentrated upon two main areas: firstly, its role in the development of comedy, including questions about its original position in the dramatic structure and its relationship to other elements such as the parodos and agon; and secondly, (...)
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  • The structure of Aristophanic comedy.Grigorios M. Sifakis - 1992 - Journal of Hellenic Studies 112:123-142.
    The structure which is generally taken to underlie the composition of the plays of Aristophanes is made up of a number of quantitative parts which have been abstracted by dividing the comedies into broad sections. It roughly corresponds to the quantitative division of tragedy offered by the twelfth chapter of Aristotle'sPoetics, and includes prologue,parodos, ‘proagon’or ‘battle scene,’ ‘epirrhematicagon,’ parabasis, iambic scenes, choral songs orstasimo, exodos.
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