Pericles on Stage : Political Comedy in Aristophanes' Early Plays

Contents: Introduction: Nicias, Lamachus, Alcibiades: Political Allegory in Aristophanes -- Ch. 1. Pericles and Alcibiades on Stage -- Ch. 2. Pericles and Alcibiades at the Phrontistery: Aristophanes' Clouds I -- Ch. 3. Pericles, Alcibiades, and the Generation Gap: Aristophanes' Clouds II -- Ch. 4. Pericles on the Pnyx: Aristophanes' Acharnians I -- Ch. 5. Pericles in the Agora: Aristophanes' Acharnians II -- Ch. 6. Pericles, the Typhoon, and the Hurricane: Aristophanes' Knights -- Ch. 7. Pericles, Alcibiades, the Law Courts, and the Symposium: Aristophanes' Wasps -- Ch. 8. Alcibiades and Pericles on Olympus: Aristophanes' Peace -- Ch. 9. Alcibiades at Sparta: Aristophanes' Birds I -- Ch. 10. Pericles at Sparta: Aristophanes' Birds II -- App. A. Posthumous Parody in Cratinus' Dionysalexandros -- App. B. The Athenian Plague of 430-428 B.C. Subject: Aristophanes Political and social views; Pericles 499-429 B.C.