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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31177| Title: | Katabasis | Contributor(s): | Torello-Hill, Giulia (author) |
Publication Date: | 2019-05-28 | Early Online Version: | 2019-04-12 | DOI: | 10.1002/9781118542842.ch11 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31177 | Abstract: | The theme of katabasis - the descent of a hero to the underworld to acquire wisdom or immortality - is found in ancient epics, from the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh to book 11 of Homer's Odyssey. The most notable appropriation of this motif in Attic Old Comedy occurs in Aristophanes' Frogs. In this play, Dionysus goes down to the underworld in order to retrieve the tragedian Euripides but, instead, decides to bring back to life Aeschylus. | Publication Type: | Entry In Reference Work | Source of Publication: | The Encyclopedia of Greek Comedy, v.2, p. 468-469 | Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Inc | Place of Publication: | Hoboken, United States of America | ISBN: | 9781118542842 9781118605042 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 470513 Latin and classical Greek literature | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 130203 Literature | HERDC Category Description: | N Entry In Reference Work |
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| Appears in Collections: | Entry In Reference Work School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
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