Frogs Scholarship

Naomi Scott - Xanthias

“Xanthias is quite rebellious”

Naomi Scott - parabasis

The main point of the parabasis is this: things were better in the old days, change is bad

Naomi Scott - context

“This is absolutely a play that interacts with its immediate social, political and historical context”

Hall - old comedy

“Old comedy is highly interactive”

Hall - tragedy

“Tragedy is closed off”

Wyles - tragedy

“Frogs is extensively involved with thinking about tragedy and the nature of tragedy”

Wyles - tragedy and comedy

Tragedy and comedy sometimes mirror each other or use the other to define them self

Cartledge - Dionysus

Seems “cowardly” and “effeminate”

Redfield - victory

“The victory of Aeschylus is a rejection of the new life-style, a return to the old mora centre”

Russel - Dionysus

“Dionysus in Frogs is by turn coward, buffoon and literary critic”

Bettendorf - purpose

“The primary function of the play isn’t literary criticism but political action”