Against demagogues : what Aristophanes can teach us about the perils of populism and the fate of democracy, new translations of the Acharnians and the Knights /

"Against Demagogues presents Robert C. Bartlett's new translations of Aristophanes' most overtly political works, Acharnians and Knights. In these fantastically inventive, raucous, and raunchy comedies, the powerful politician Cleon proves to be democracy's greatest opponent. Wit...

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Opis bibliograficzny
Kolejni autorzy: Bartlett, Robert C., 1964- (Tłumacz), Aristophanes
Format: Licensed eBooks
Język:angielski
Język grecki klasyczny
Wydane: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
Dostęp online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2511995
Spis treści:
  • Introductions: why we should read Aristophanes
  • The Acharnians
  • On the Acharnians
  • The Knights
  • On the Knights
  • Appendix : Cleon's speech to the Athenian assembly (Thucydides, war of the Peloponnesians and Athenians 3.36-40).