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• catalog abstract "Since the eighteenth century, classical scholars have generally agreed that the Greek playwright Aristophanes did not as a matter of course write "political" plays. Yet, according to an anonymous Life of Aristophanes, when Dionysius the tyrant of Syracuse wanted to know about the government of Athens, Plato sent him a copy of Aristophanes' Clouds. In this boldly revisionist work, Michael Vickers convincingly argues that in his earlier plays, Aristophanes in fact used allegory to comment on the day-to-day political concerns of Athenians. Vickers reads the first six of Aristophanes' eleven extant plays in a way that reveals the principal characters to be based in large part on Pericles, the Athenian statesman of the fifth century B.C., and his extended family - particularly his ward Alcibiades. According to Vickers, the plays of Aristophanes - far from being nonpolitical - actually allow us to gauge the reaction of the Athenian public to the events which occured in the years following Pericles' death in 429 B.C., to the struggle for the political succession, and to the problems presented by Alcibiades' gradual emergence as one of the most powerful figures in the state. This view of Aristophanes reaffirms the central role of allegory in his work and challenges all students of ancient Greece to rethink long-held assumptions about this important playwright.".
• catalog contributor b9677335.
• catalog coverage "Athens (Greece) Politics and government.".
• catalog created "1997.".
• catalog date "1997".
• catalog date "1997.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
• catalog description "According to Vickers, the plays of Aristophanes - far from being nonpolitical - actually allow us to gauge the reaction of the Athenian public to the events which occured in the years following Pericles' death in 429 B.C., to the struggle for the political succession, and to the problems presented by Alcibiades' gradual emergence as one of the most powerful figures in the state. This view of Aristophanes reaffirms the central role of allegory in his work and challenges all students of ancient Greece to rethink long-held assumptions about this important playwright.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-220)".
• catalog description "Introduction: Nicias, Lamachus, Alcibiades: Political Allegory in Aristophanes -- Ch. 1. Pericles and Alcibiades on Stage -- Ch. 2. Pericles and Alcibiades at the Phrontistery: Aristophanes' Clouds I -- Ch. 3. Pericles, Alcibiades, and the Generation Gap: Aristophanes' Clouds II -- Ch. 4. Pericles on the Pnyx: Aristophanes' Acharnians I -- Ch. 5. Pericles in the Agora: Aristophanes' Acharnians II -- Ch. 6. Pericles, the Typhoon, and the Hurricane: Aristophanes' Knights -- Ch. 7. Pericles, Alcibiades, the Law Courts, and the Symposium: Aristophanes' Wasps -- Ch. 8. Alcibiades and Pericles on Olympus: Aristophanes' Peace -- Ch. 9. Alcibiades at Sparta: Aristophanes' Birds I -- Ch. 10. Pericles at Sparta: Aristophanes' Birds II -- App. A. Posthumous Parody in Cratinus' Dionysalexandros -- App. B. The Athenian Plague of 430-428 B.C.".
• catalog description "Since the eighteenth century, classical scholars have generally agreed that the Greek playwright Aristophanes did not as a matter of course write "political" plays. Yet, according to an anonymous Life of Aristophanes, when Dionysius the tyrant of Syracuse wanted to know about the government of Athens, Plato sent him a copy of Aristophanes' Clouds. In this boldly revisionist work, Michael Vickers convincingly argues that in his earlier plays, Aristophanes in fact used allegory to comment on the day-to-day political concerns of Athenians. Vickers reads the first six of Aristophanes' eleven extant plays in a way that reveals the principal characters to be based in large part on Pericles, the Athenian statesman of the fifth century B.C., and his extended family - particularly his ward Alcibiades.".
• catalog extent "xxxiv, 255 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Pericles on stage.".
• catalog identifier "0292787278 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Pericles on stage.".
• catalog issued "1997".
• catalog issued "1997.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Austin : University of Texas Press,".
• catalog relation "Pericles on stage.".
• catalog spatial "Athens (Greece) Politics and government.".
• catalog spatial "Greece Athens.".
• catalog subject "882/.01 20".
• catalog subject "Aristophanes Political and social views.".
• catalog subject "Greek drama (Comedy) History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "PA3879 .V53 1997".
• catalog subject "Pericles, approximately 495 B.C.-429 B.C. In literature.".
• catalog subject "Political plays, Greek History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Politics and literature Greece Athens.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Nicias, Lamachus, Alcibiades: Political Allegory in Aristophanes -- Ch. 1. Pericles and Alcibiades on Stage -- Ch. 2. Pericles and Alcibiades at the Phrontistery: Aristophanes' Clouds I -- Ch. 3. Pericles, Alcibiades, and the Generation Gap: Aristophanes' Clouds II -- Ch. 4. Pericles on the Pnyx: Aristophanes' Acharnians I -- Ch. 5. Pericles in the Agora: Aristophanes' Acharnians II -- Ch. 6. Pericles, the Typhoon, and the Hurricane: Aristophanes' Knights -- Ch. 7. Pericles, Alcibiades, the Law Courts, and the Symposium: Aristophanes' Wasps -- Ch. 8. Alcibiades and Pericles on Olympus: Aristophanes' Peace -- Ch. 9. Alcibiades at Sparta: Aristophanes' Birds I -- Ch. 10. Pericles at Sparta: Aristophanes' Birds II -- App. A. Posthumous Parody in Cratinus' Dionysalexandros -- App. B. The Athenian Plague of 430-428 B.C.".
• catalog title "Pericles on stage : political comedy in Aristophanes' early plays / Michael Vickers.".
• catalog type "text".