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Clouds
Contributor(s): Aristophanes (Author), Humphreys, M. W. (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1163198994     ISBN-13: 9781163198995
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
OUR PRICE: $41.75  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Drama | Ancient & Classical
- Literary Criticism
- Literary Collections
Dewey: 813
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.22 lbs) 260 pages
 
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1892. Aristophanes was a Greek comic playwright. A brilliant satirist, he used the freedom of Old Comedy to ridicule public figures, institutions, and even the gods. In Clouds, the plot of the comedy, like most of those of Aristophanes, is very simple. A man belonging to the once sound and uncorrupted core of the people, a countryman, who has suffered material and moral ruin through the evils common to the times, though not yet himself attacked by the poison of the new culture, is led by adverse circumstances to embrace it. He has been wealthy, and could have enjoyed his property in peace and quiet, but weakness and want of character have involved him in a series of misfortunes. External influence, perhaps also the desire to raise himself above his rank, has induced him to marry a noble, but mistrained girl of a proud family. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
 
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