Socrates and Aristophanes

330 Pages·1996·24.481 MB·English

by  Strauss, Leo

Socrates and Aristophanes

SOCRATES
and
ARISTOPHANES
LEO STRAUSS
The University of Chicago Press
Chicago and London
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637
The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London
©1966 by Leo Strauss
All rights reserved. Published 1966
Paperback edition 1980
Printed in the United States of America
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ISBN-13: 978-0-226-77719-1 (paper)
ISBN-10: 0-226-77719-7 (paper)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Strauss, Leo.
Socrates and Arisophanes.
Reprint of the ed. published by Basic Books, New York.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Aristophanes—Criticism and interpretation.
2. Socrates. I. Title.
PA3879.S78 1980 882(cid:2).01 79-18391
øThe paper used in this publication meets the minimum
requirements of the American National Standard for
Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed
Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992.
Contents
I Introduction 1
II The Clouds 9
III The Other Plays 55
1 The AchamianS 57
2 The Knights 80
3 The Wasps 112
4 The Peace 136
5 The Birds 160
6 The Lysistrate 195
7 The Thesmophoriazusai 214
8 The Frogs 236
9 The Assembly of Women 263
10 The Plutos 283
N Conclusion 309
Notes 315
Index 321

Socrates and Aristophanes

I
Introduction
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