Mapping Politics: An Investigation of Deme Theatres in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries
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Mapping Politics: An Investigation of Deme Theatres in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries
Paga, Jessica
Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, February 2009
Abstract
Deme theatres, or theatral areas, dot both the countryside of Attika and our epigraphic sources. This paper examines the evidence for nineteen deme theatres in Attika during the fifth and fourth centuries, in conjunction with an exploration of the festival of the Rural Dionysia. The overarching goals are to identify the distribution, shape, and functions of the deme theatral areas, while noting the ramifications of these elements for the administrative and organizational structures of the Athenian democracy.
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