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Pericles on stage : political comedy in Aristophanes' early plays /

Since the eighteenth century, classical scholars have generally agreed that the Greek playwright Aristophanes did not as a matter of course write "political" plays. Yet, according to an anonymous Life of Aristophanes, when Dionysius the tyrant of Syracuse wanted to know about the governmen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vickers, Michael J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 1997.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Nicias, Lamachus, Alcibiades: Political Allegory in Aristophanes
  • Ch. 1. Pericles and Alcibiades on Stage
  • Ch. 2. Pericles and Alcibiades at the Phrontistery: Aristophanes' Clouds I
  • Ch. 3. Pericles, Alcibiades, and the Generation Gap: Aristophanes' Clouds II
  • Ch. 4. Pericles on the Pnyx: Aristophanes' Acharnians I
  • Ch. 5. Pericles in the Agora: Aristophanes' Acharnians II
  • Ch. 6. Pericles, the Typhoon, and the Hurricane: Aristophanes' Knights
  • Ch. 7. Pericles, Alcibiades, the Law Courts, and the Symposium: Aristophanes' Wasps
  • Ch. 8. Alcibiades and Pericles on Olympus: Aristophanes' Peace
  • Ch. 9. Alcibiades at Sparta: Aristophanes' Birds I
  • Ch. 10. Pericles at Sparta: Aristophanes' Birds II
  • App. A. Posthumous Parody in Cratinus' Dionysalexandros
  • App. B. The Athenian Plague of 430-428 B.C.