Abstract:Of all performance traditions of antiquity, puppetry has attracted the least scholarly attention, yet, from the fragmentary evidence which has survived, it is possible to make a number of observations about the real practice of puppetry, beyond its metaphorical usage in philosophical texts. Relying on literary, epigraphical, and archaeological material, this paper addresses the inter-relation of the performance context, physical form, and aesthetic of ancient Greek puppetry. Puppeteers performed in a variety o… Show more
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