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Aristophanes
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Frogs Book Trailer
Frogs by Aristophanes is a satirical Greek comedy that stages a contest between poets, mocking literary fashion while debating art, culture, and civic values.
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On Aristophanes’s The Birds
Ian Johnston examines Aristophanes’s The Birds as a satire of Athenian ambition and imperialism, tracing how Pisthetairos’s search for escape and freedom gradually becomes a pursuit of power, domination, and control.
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On Satire in Aristophanes’s Clouds
Ian Johnston examines how Aristophanes uses satire in The Clouds, tracing the play’s shifting targets from Socrates and the Thinkery to Strepsiades and, ultimately, the Athenian audience itself. He explores the social function of laughter, the manipulation of language, and the increasingly troubling implications of the play’s comic attack.
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Lysistrata Book Trailer
A visual introduction to Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, a Greek comedy using satire and wit to examine war, power, gender, and collective resistance.
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