title: The Lenaian Festival at Classical Athens in Sociocultural Context
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metadata.value: Karpyuk, Sergey G.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Kulishova, Oksana V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-06-07T09:45:47Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-06-07T09:45:47Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Karpyuk S. G., Kulishova O. V. The Lenaian Festival at Classical Athens in Sociocultural Context. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2022, vol. 67, issue 1, рp. 92–101.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2022.106
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/36489
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: This article covers the Lenaia (Λήναια) which was an important part of social and political
  life in Classical Athens. Our understanding of how dramatic agones in Athens were organized
  primarily comes from the accounts of the Great (City) Dionysia, while other festivals have
  been studied less thoroughly. The unique nature of the Lenaia manifested itself both in the
  purely theatrical and in the social aspects of the event. Regarding the leading theatrical genre,
  tragedy, the Lenaia remained in the shadow of the City Dionysia, playing the role of the “small
  stage”. The comic agones at the Lenaia, on the other hand, were staged to a very high standard,
  to which the social aspect further contributed since the audiences at the Lenaia were much
  more down-to-earth, animated and active that at the Dionysia. The Lenaia was held during
  the coldest part of the year. It was precisely in winter when peasants from different parts of
  Attica, who constituted the majority of the Lenaian audience, were less busy with farming;
  unlike the Great Dionysia, the Lenaia was not attended by foreigners. The Lenaian festivals
  were held on a less lavish scale, their organization was entrusted to less significant magistrates,
  and their performances were much less costly than the Dionysian ones. The Athenians
  must have considered the Lenaia a predominantly peasant festival, inaccessible to outsiders.
  Lenaian performances were but little affected by “political correctness”, their earthy humour
  at times evolved into biting political satire. All of the above created a special atmosphere that
  became the background of Aristophanes’ best comedies.
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metadata.value: The reported study was funded by Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project No. 20-09-00455
  (O. V. Kulishova).
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 67; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ancient Greece
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Athens
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Lenaia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: theatre
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: religious festivals
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Aristophanes
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Lenaian Festival at Classical Athens in Sociocultural Context
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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