Author : E. David
Publisher : Brill Archive
ISBN 13 : 9789004070622
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (76 download)
Book Synopsis Aristophanes and Athenian Society of the Early Fourth Century B.C. by : E. David
Download or read book Aristophanes and Athenian Society of the Early Fourth Century B.C. written by E. David and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1984 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purposes of this short monograph are to identify and analyze the problems of Athenian society with which the last two extant plays of Aristophanes - the Ekklesiazousai and the Ploutos - are concerned, as well as to examine the playright's views on the essence of these problems and on attempts to find satisfactory solutions to them. The work contains an introduction and seven sections: 1. Historical Background; 2. Poverty: Symptoms, Ideas regarding Solutions and Criticisms of Ideas; 3. Poverty versus Riches; 4. The sources of the ''Communistic'' Ideas; 5. Misthos Ekklesiastikos; 6. The Censure of Materialism; 7. Aristophanes and the ''Middle Road''. The author has attempted here to set forth both the value of Aristophanes' last plays as historical sources and the significance of their social message.