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    When Gods Don't Appear: Divine Absence and Human Agency in Aristophanes

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    Given, John
    Abstract
    Surprisingly few gods appear in the eleven surviving comedies of Aristophanes. This article examines what roles the gods do play when they are present. It further argues that humans with divine attributes often appear in lieu of the gods themselves. These humans together with the handful of gods who are present fall into the broad functional categories of helpers and opponents of the comic protagonist. Thee gods' absence is to be attributed to an Aristophanic conception of human agency, namely that humans in comedy, especially when compared to tragedy, have extraordinary control of their lives. A god's presence would be too great a threat to comic inventiveness.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1073
    Subject
     Aristophanes; Greek comedy; Gods 
    Date
    2009
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    Given, John. (January 2009). When Gods Don't Appear: Divine Absence and Human Agency in Aristophanes. , (. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1073

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    Given, John. "When Gods Don't Appear: Divine Absence and Human Agency in Aristophanes". . . (.), January 2009. March 07, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1073.
    Chicago:
    Given, John, "When Gods Don't Appear: Divine Absence and Human Agency in Aristophanes,"  , no. (January 2009), http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1073 (accessed March 07, 2021).
    AMA:
    Given, John. When Gods Don't Appear: Divine Absence and Human Agency in Aristophanes. . January 2009; () . http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1073. Accessed March 07, 2021.
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    East Carolina University

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