Aristophanes Political Vision In The Knights

Author : Moritz Mücke
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656863563
Total Pages : 3 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aristophanes' Political Vision in "The Knights" written by Moritz Mücke and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy of the Ancient World, grade: 1, , course: Thucydides, language: English, abstract: In The Knights Aristophanes mocks his adversary Cleon and comments on the phenomenon of demagoguery in democratic Athens. The play, first produced in 424 B.C., entrusts a sausage-seller to rival the Paphlagonian, a thinly veiled Cleon, in flattering and gaining the approval of the demos.1 A thorough examination of the comedy serves to demonstrate that Aristophanes attacks not democracy itself but unscrupulous demagogues like Cleon and Hyperbolus as well as the tendency of the Athenian demos to intellectual laziness, which allows the practitioners of flattery to bribe the people with their own money.

Author : Lowell Edmunds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cleon, Knights, and Aristophanes' Politics written by Lowell Edmunds and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A thorough reexamination of an often analyzed text, producing excellent results through close attention to the choice of words, ideas, and images. This book marks decisive progress in our understanding Aristophanes' Knights."--CHOICE

Author : Aristophanes
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781721715527
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Knights written by Aristophanes and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Knights Aristophanes Knights by Aristophanes (c. 446 to c. 386 BC ), the greatest writer of Old Comedy, is a bawdy, incisive, and evocative satire on Athenian political life during the Peloponnesian War. The play is a fierce and sustained attack on one of the most popular politicians of the day, the pro-war demagogue Cleon, who had prosecuted Aristophanes for one of his earlier works. Beyond that, Knights is a scathing indictment of corrupt politicians in general (hence, very modern in its insights). In the play, two slaves decide to prepare a sausage seller, an uneducated ex-prostitute, for political life, on the ground that he already has all the necessary qualifications for successful leadership in democratic Athens. Their efforts culminate in a challenge to the most prominent leader of the polis and the eventual success of the sausage seller in taking over control of the city. Knights won first prize in the drama festival when it was first produced in 424 BC.Ian Johnston s new translation captures the comic energy and the moral seriousness of this famous play. This text will be particularly useful for those who wish to stage readings or full productions of the play. The translation provides notes to assist the reader with the many references to Aristophanes contemporaries. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Author : Ralph M. Rosen
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004424466
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aristophanes and Politics written by Ralph M. Rosen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a collection of new studies on the political aspects of Aristophanes’ comic plays, produced in Athens in the latter half of the 5th century BCE.

Author : Aristophanes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Knights written by Aristophanes and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Aristophanes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aristophanes: The Acharnians, The Knights written by Aristophanes and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Keith Sidwell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521519985
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aristophanes the Democrat written by Keith Sidwell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-22 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that writers of Old Comedy belonged to recognisable political circles and used their comedy to disparage their political enemies.

Author : Aristophanes
Publisher : Methuen Drama
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aristophanes Plays: 1 written by Aristophanes and published by Methuen Drama. This book was released on 1993 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aristophanes is accepted as a unique writer for the comic stage as well as one of the most revealing about the society for which he wrote.

Author : Kenneth M. De Luca
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739108338
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aristophanes' Male and Female Revolutions written by Kenneth M. De Luca and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Aristophanes' Male and Female Revolutions author Kenneth M. De Luca offers a detailed study of two of Aristophanes' plays and reveals how each illuminates the other and the question of the rule of law through the lens of democracy. De Luca uses classical thought to clarify contemporary and foundational issues in political theory.

Author : Maurice Croiset
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aristophanes and the Political Parties at Athens written by Maurice Croiset and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: