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Aristophanes: Cavalry
Engelsk Hardback
Aristophanes: Cavalry
Engelsk Hardback

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Offering for the first time a student introduction to Aristophanes’ most explosive political satire, this volume is an essential guide to the context, themes and later reception of Cavalry. The ancient comedy is a fascinating insight into demagoguery and political rhetoric in classical Athens. These are subjects that resonate with a modern audience more now than ever before.

Originally performed in 424 BCE, Cavalry was the first play Aristophanes directed himself and it was awarded first prize. It targets the Athenian demagogue, Cleon, who had risen to prominence since the death of Pericles and to pre-eminence after an audacious victory over Sparta in 425 BCE. In Cavalry, Aristophanes attacks Cleon’s popularity with the masses, but also criticises the democracy itself as guilty of gullibility, self-interest and political shortsightedness. As the play shows, the only hope of escape from the crisis is for Athens to find a leader even more popular Cleon. And who better to be more foul-mouthed, depraved and shameless than a sausage-seller, if only because he turns out in the end to have a good heart and a true love of traditional Athenian values?

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
192
ISBN-13:
9781350065673
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1350065676
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
25 jan 2024
Længde:
17mm
Bredde:
224mm
Højde:
146mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
25 jan 2024
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge