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grbs-12931	Kanavou, Nikoletta	Political Myth in Aristophanes: Another Form of Comic Satire?	2011	19	.pdf	application/pdf	6864	288	59	A third, less prominent perspective is the substratum of myth and ritual discerned by structural analysis, which has attempted to connect comic myth with familiar rituals and mythical ar- chetypes; this is a controversial approach.4 The present paper will attempt to broaden the existing per- ception of the use of myth in Aristophanes by proposing a fourth perspective, which relates to the aforementioned ones and aims to complement them: the comic use of political myth. The comic uses of political myth discussed here form part of an ongoing project by the author. 6 For an overview of this type of myth, with examples, see J. M. Hall, “Politics and Greek Myth,” in Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology 331– 354.	cache/grbs-12931.pdf	txt/grbs-12931.txt