Aristophanes and Politics: New Studies

by Ralph M. Rosen

The essays in this volume explore the many aspects of the "political" in the plays of Greek comic dramatist Aristophanes (5th century BCE), posing a variety of questions and approaching them through diverse methodological lenses. They demonstrate that "politics" as reflected in Aristophanes' plays remains a fertile, and even urgent, area of inquiry, as political developments in our own time distinctly color the ways in which we articulate questions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004424458
• ISBN13: 9789004424456
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"