The islands: aristocratic comedy or comedy media?
Abstract
This article reviews the question of the authenticity of Aristophanes' fragmentary comedy "The Islands". Despite the doubts raised in antiquity and even today by modern scholars, the conclusions are clear: "The Islands" is a comedy by Aristophanes. This is confirmed by its interaction with other aristophane pieces, its language, its style and its spirit, completely within the coordinates of Aristophanes and the ancient Greek comedy.
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