{"product_id":"wealth-and-acharnians-also-includes-menanders-the-grouch-paperback","title":"Wealth and Acharnians: also includes Menander's The Grouch - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Theodoridis\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAristophanes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Aristophanes and Menander have been respectively niched as authors of Old Comedy and New Comedy. This volume demonstrates the different visions of these two playwrights in three seminal plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his \u003ci\u003eWealth\u003c\/i\u003e, Aristophanes - the indisputable master of satire - asks questions about wealth, its virtues and its ills as well as why the gods distribute it so randomly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAristophanes' \u003ci\u003eAcharnians\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps his most overtly political play where he seeks peace even more fiercely than in any of his other plays, including his \u003ci\u003ePeace\u003c\/i\u003e. Dikaopolis (Just City) has obtained a peace treaty signed by the Spartans. Cleon accused the playwright for being anti-Athenian and for dishonoring the city.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMenander's \u003ci\u003eThe Grouch\u003c\/i\u003e (Dyskolos, ie the Difficult man) is a specimen of a totally different type of Comedy. It is one that brings the eye of the audience into a house where common, mundane things take place, a radically different sight to that of Aristophanes, who takes the eye for a promenade through the marketplace and the tavern, where men talk freely and full-throatedly about the government, the laws and the politics of the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 294\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52702068310323,"sku":"9798707840951","price":25.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/gBCDHiwvnF9798707840951.webp?v=1763290524","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/wealth-and-acharnians-also-includes-menanders-the-grouch-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}