How Long to Read Women and Humor in Classical Greece

How Long Does it Take to Read Women and Humor in Classical Greece?

It takes the average reader 5 hours to read Women and Humor in Classical Greece by O'Higgins

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Women and Humor in Classical Greece examines the role of women as producers of joking speech, especially within cults of Demeter. This speech, sometimes known as aischrologia, had considerable weight and vitality within its cultic context. It also shaped literary traditions, notably iambic and Attic old comedy that has traditionally been regarded as entirely male. The misogyny for which ancient iambic is infamous derives in part from an oral world in which women's derisive joking voices reverberated. O'Higgins considers this speech from its mythical origins in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, through the reactive iambic tradition and into old comedy. She also examines the poems of Sappho and Corinna as literary jokers, responding in part to their own experience of joking women. The book concludes with a fresh appraisal of the three great 'women's' plays of Aristophanes: Lysistrata, Thesmophoriasouzae, and Ecclesiazousae.

How long is Women and Humor in Classical Greece?

Women and Humor in Classical Greece by O'Higgins is 300 pages long, and a total of 75,000 words.

This makes it 101% the length of the average book. It also has 92% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Women and Humor in Classical Greece Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 49 minutes to read Women and Humor in Classical Greece aloud.

What Reading Level is Women and Humor in Classical Greece?

Women and Humor in Classical Greece is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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