The essays in this volume explore the many aspects of the “political” in the plays of Greek comic dramatist Aristophanes (5th century BCE), posing a variety

This book argues that writers of Old Comedy belonged to recognisable political circles and used their comedy to disparage their political enemies.

Spectator Politics is the first major study of metatheatre, or theatrically self-conscious performance, in Aristophanes. Using a reception-based performance cri

In Plato and Aristophanes, Marina Marren contends that our search for communal justice must start with self-examination. The realization that there are things t

Against Demagogues presents Robert C. Bartlett's new translations of Aristophanes' most overtly political works, the Acharnians and the Knights. In these fantas