Who "invented" comedy? The ancient candidates for the origins of comedy and the visual evidence

American Journal of Philology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-66

  Rusten, Jeffrey ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

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DOI: 10.1353/ajp.2006.0019     Document Type: Review

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