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020			_a9780140443325
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082			_a882 _bARI
100			_aAristophanes
245		4	_aThe Knights, Peace, Wealth/the Birds, the Assemblywomen
260			_bPenguin Books _aLondon _c1977
300			_a335 pages
520			_aThe plays in this volume all contain Aristophanes' trademark bawdy comedy and dazzling verbal agility. In The Birds, two frustrated Athenians join the birds to build the utopian city of 'Much Cuckoo in the Clouds'. The Knights is a venomous satire on Cleon, a prominent Athenian demagogue, while The Assembly Women deals with the battle of the sexes as the women of Athens infiltrate the all-male Assembly in disguise. The lengthy conflict with Sparta is the subject of Peace, inspired by the hope of a settlement in 421 BC, and Wealth reflects on the economic catastrophe that hit Athens after the war.
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