Milan cake-eaters or Athenian cake-stealers?
ABSTRACT I argue for the reinterpretation of the comic scene on the bell-krater and for its Athenian origin. Aristophanes’ Wasps seems a likely source (albeit indirect) of inspiration, or a parallel testimony to a common—Athenian—source of inspiration. His Gêras (fr. 129K–A) is also intriguing as a candidate model, but it is too fragmentary to substantiate the hypothesis.
Authors
- Dimitrios Kanellakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6178-0133)
Institutions
- University of Patras (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies
- Published
- 2025-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bics/qbaf025
- Primary Topic
- Classical Antiquity Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Patras