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Acharnians. Knights:Aristophanes Volume I

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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.

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