Joseph Roisman
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520247871
- eISBN:
- 9780520932913
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520247871.003.0007
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Archaeology: Classical
This chapter focuses on allegations of foreign and domestic plotting in ancient Athens. It explains that the accusation of being an agent of a foreign power seems to have been commonplace among ...
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This chapter focuses on allegations of foreign and domestic plotting in ancient Athens. It explains that the accusation of being an agent of a foreign power seems to have been commonplace among Athenian politicians. The chapter analyzes allegations of plots that are most revealing of speakers' use of the rhetoric of conspiracy, particularly in relation to Philip of Macedon's design to control Greece, and to men who colluded with him. It also describes, and provides commentaries on, the relevant works of Demosthenes.Less
This chapter focuses on allegations of foreign and domestic plotting in ancient Athens. It explains that the accusation of being an agent of a foreign power seems to have been commonplace among Athenian politicians. The chapter analyzes allegations of plots that are most revealing of speakers' use of the rhetoric of conspiracy, particularly in relation to Philip of Macedon's design to control Greece, and to men who colluded with him. It also describes, and provides commentaries on, the relevant works of Demosthenes.
Alan H. Sommerstein (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 1983
- Published Online:
- February 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780856682124
- eISBN:
- 9781800342927
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3828/liverpool/9780856682124.001.0001
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Plays and Playwrights: Classical, Early, and Medieval
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. ...
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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. It presents the Greek text with facing-page English translation, commentary and notes.Less
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. It presents the Greek text with facing-page English translation, commentary and notes.
