Aristophanes Among Athenians
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2024
Published In
A Companion To Aristophanes
Abstract
This chapter situates Aristophanes in his historical context. It examines the political and historical circumstances surrounding each of his plays in chronological order, as well as Aristophanes’ engagement in his plays with major political figures during the events of the Peloponnesian War and its aftermath. It is designed to introduce new readers of Aristophanes to the historical circumstances in which he composed his comedies, as well as to advance an argument in favor of a historicizing approach to ancient comedy.
Keywords
Aristophanes, Old Comedy, Ancient Greece, Athens, demagogue, democracy, historicism, Thucydides
Published By
Wiley
Editor(s)
M. C. Farmer and Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
Recommended Citation
D. Lateiner and Rosaria Vignolo Munson.
(2024).
"Aristophanes Among Athenians".
A Companion To Aristophanes.
7-20.
DOI: 10.1002/9781119622963.ch1
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-classics/100
