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The conventional view of Aristophanes bristles with problems. Important testimony for Alcibiades’ paramount role in comedy is consistently disregarded, and th
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Authors: David Stuttard
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Alcibiades was one of the most dazzling figures of the Golden Age of Athens. A ward of Pericles and a friend of Socrates, he was spectacularly rich, bewitchingl
Socrates and Alcibiades: Four Texts
Language: en
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Authors: David Johnson
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Socrates and Alcibiades: Four Texts gathers together translations our four most important sources for the relationship between Socrates and the most controversi
Pericles on Stage
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Since the eighteenth century, classical scholars have generally agreed that the Greek playwright Aristophanes did not as a matter of course write "political" pl
Aristophanes the Democrat
Language: en
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Authors: Keith Sidwell
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This book argues that writers of Old Comedy belonged to recognisable political circles and used their comedy to disparage their political enemies.