Of mice and cat: the Katomyomachia as drama, parody, school text and animal tale

This chapter offers a detailed literary analysis of Theodore Prodromos’ Katomyomachia, highlighting its theatrical aspects, its clever use of textual and structural parody, its function as a school text, and its position within Byzantine beast literature, with a particular emphasis on the ‘Aesopic’...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lauxtermann, MD
Other Authors: van den Berg, B
Format: Book section
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2024