Knights / Aristophanes ; translated by Kenneth McLeish.

Author/creator Aristophanes author.
Other author Aristophanes
Other author McLeish, Kenneth, 1940-1997, translator.
Format Electronic
PublicationLondon : Bloomsbury, [2013]
Copyright Date©2013
Description1 online resource
Supplemental ContentDrama online
Subjects

Summary 'Knights' is a satire on the social and political life of classical Athens during the Peloponnesian War, focusing on Paphlagonian, a comic monstrosity responsible for almost everything that's wrong with the world, and under the guise of whom Aristophanes was targeting the pro-war populist Cleon, who had previously brought a slander prosecution against the playwright. The play relies heavily on allegory and won first prize at the Lenaia festival when it was produced in 424 BC.
General noteTranslated from the Ancient Greek.
General notePreviously published in print: in Plays one. London, Methuen Drama, 1998.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 15, 2013).
Genre/formDrama.
Standard identifier# 10.5040/9781408190845.00000007

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