Wasps was first produced at the Lenaea festival of 422 BC. The play is at once a political satire and also, like Clouds and the lost Banqueters, a comedy on the theme of the conflict of generations. The play follows the efforts of a mischievous and mercurial old man to escape the control of a stern and heavy son. In its political aspect it attacks the leading Athenian politician Cleon, as Knights had. But Wasps represents a departure as it concentrates less on Cleon personally, and more on his and his associates' alleged domination of the law-courts and the men who served in them as jurors. First published in 1983, this edition contains addenda and a new bibliography.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
ISBN-13
9780856682131
eBay Product ID (ePID)
104526288
Product Key Features
Book Title
Aristophanes: Wasps
Author
Aristophanes
Format
Paperback
Language
Greek
Topic
Literature, Plays
Publication Year
1983
Genre
Ancient Literature
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
210mm
Item Width
147mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Aristophanes
Translator
Alan H. Sommerstein
Series Title
Aris & Phillips Classical Texts
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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