5 essays on Classical Athens (on Democracy, Slvaery, Sex, God, and War) provide vital background information to blow-by-blow descriptions of the eleven surviving bawdy, cutting, ultra-democratic plays of the comedy genius.
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The Athenian comic dramatist Aristophanes is a totally unique talent. No one has ever been able to imitate him. His combination of devoted democratic vitality, courageous assault on the politically powerful, amazingly inventive storylines, and burlesquing and often lewd but not offensive humor, truly defies imitation.
It also offers us today a good look at a time and a playwright modern society can appreciate and admire – if presented in the right way. This I have tried to do by giving the reader five important introductory essays on Aristophanes’ Athens, and running descriptions of the plays with piquant bits of dialogue.
Plato wrote, “The Graces, seeking an imperishable sanctuary, found the soul of Aristophanes.” Amen.
About the Author
Myron Stagman is a Shakespearean and Classical research scholar, a doctor of English Literature from San Francisco, California. He heartily suggests that everyone, for reasons of personal pleasure as well as cultural enhancement, should become familiar with Ancient Greece, that extraordinary place and time in world history.
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