内容简介
LoebClassicalLibrary178ThegeneralintroductionthatbeginsVolumeIreviewsAristophanes’careerandbringscurrentscholarlyinsightstobearontheintriguingquestionofthecomicpoetasapoliticalforce.InAcharniansasmalllandowner,tiredofthePeloponnesianWar,magicallyarrangesapersonalpeacetreatyand,borrowingadisguisefromEuripides,demonstratestheinjusticeofthewarinacontestwiththebellicoseAcharnians.AlsointhisvolumeisKnights,perhapsthemostbitingsatireofapoliticalfigure(Cleon)everwritten.
作者简介
AristophanesofAthens(ca.446–386BCE),oneoftheworld’sgreatestcomicdramatists,hasbeenadmiredsinceantiquityforhisiridescentwitandbeguilingfantasy,exuberantlanguage,andbrilliantsatireofthesocial,intellectual,andpoliticallifeofAthensatitsheight.Hewroteatleastfortyplays,ofwhichelevenhavesurvivedcomplete.