Aristophanes' Male and Female Revolutions A Reading of Aristophanes' Knights and Assemblywomen

by Luca, De Kenneth M.

• ISBN13: 9780739108338
• ISBN10: 0739108336
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-16
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

In Aristophanes' Male and Female Revolutions author Kenneth M. De Luca offers a detailed study of two of Aristophanes' plays and reveals how each illuminates the other and the question of the rule of law through the lens of democracy. De Luca uses classical thought to clarify contemporary and foundational issues in political theory.

Author Biography

Kenneth M. De Luca is Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Hampden-Sydney College.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	xi
Part I: On the Knights
Chapter One Paphlagon: Democracy's Tragic Tendency	3	(12)
Chapter Two Demosthenes' Comic Plan	15	(14)
Chapter Three The Deposing of Zeus	29	(12)
Chapter Four The End of Demos' Democratization	41	(20)
Chapter Five The Final Victory of Pleasure	61	(8)
Part II: On the Assemblywomen
Introduction	69	(4)
Chapter Six Praxagora's Lamp	73	(4)
Chapter Seven Praxagora's Political Philosophy: A Study of Her Rehearsal Speech	77	(14)
Chapter Eight The Price of Unity	91	(8)
Chapter Nine Praxagora's City of Pigs: The Hag Scene	99	(14)
Chapter Ten The Political Allegory of the Assemblywomen	113	(12)
Conclusion On the Knights and the Assemblywomen	125	(8)
Bibliography	133	(6)
Index	139	(4)
About the Author	143