Tangible power: Material displacement and spatial demarcation in Aristophanes’ Brids

Authors

  • Emiliano J. Buis Universidad de Buenos Aires ; Universidad Nacional del Centro

Keywords:

Aristophanes, Birds, New Materialism, Borders, Objects, International Relations

Abstract

An interpretation of Aristophanes’ Birds based on the theoretical approaches of New Materialism allows us to identify the role of numerous significant objects in the practical display of diplomatic encounters and in the consolidation of abstract colonial claims of a polis like Athens through the representation of its physical support. By alerting in general about the goods and their potential in the hands of a protagonist interested in control and possession, the comedy suggests that the visible objects circulating, imagined or built on stage, which are obtained or transferred, kept or destroyed, can help to acknowledge the tangible bases of Athenian imperial power.

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Author Biography

Emiliano J. Buis, Universidad de Buenos Aires ; Universidad Nacional del Centro

Abogado y Licenciado en Letras Clásicas (Universidad de Buenos Aires), Master en Historia y Derechos de la Antigüedad (París 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), Diploma de Formación Superior en Egiptología (Universidad de Alcalá), Doctor en Letras Clásicas y Diploma de Posdoctorado en Derecho (UBA). Profesor Titular Regular de Derecho Internacional Público en la Facultad de Derecho de la UBA y en la Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNICEN) y Profesor Adjunto Regular de Lengua y Cultura Griegas en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la UBA. Investigador Independiente de CONICET. Coordinador del Grupo de Trabajo sobre Derecho Griego Arcaico y Clásico y sus Proyecciones (DEGRIAC) en el Instituto de Investigaciones de Historia del Derecho.  Presidente de la Asociación Argentina de Estudios Clásicos (2019-2022).

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Buis, E. J. (2021). Tangible power: Material displacement and spatial demarcation in Aristophanes’ Brids. De Rebus Antiquis, (10), 127–154. Retrieved from http://200.16.86.39/index.php/DRA/article/view/3886

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