Πλούτος Αριστοφάνους

by Aristophanes, Αριστοφάνης

210 pages

About the author

Aristophanes (Greek: Αριστοφάνης; c. 446 – c. 386 BC) was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy. He wrote in total forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete today. These provide the most valuable examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy and are used to define it, along with fragments from dozens of lost plays by Aristophanes and his contemporaries.
Also known as "The Father of Comedy" and "the Prince of Ancient Comedy", Aristophanes has been said to recreate the life of ancient Athens more convincingly than any other author. His powers of ridicule were feared and acknowledged by influential contemporaries; Plato singled out Aristophanes' play The Clouds as slander that contributed to the trial and subsequent condemning to death of Socrates, although other satirical playwrights had also caricatured the philosopher.
Aristophanes' second play, The Babylonians (now lost), was denounced by Cleon as a slander against the Athenian polis. It is possible that the case was argued in court, but details of the trial are not recorded and Aristophanes caricatured Cleon mercilessly in his subsequent plays, especially The Knights, the first of many plays that he directed himself. "In my opinion," he says through that play's Chorus, "the author-director of comedies has the hardest job of all."

Reviews

[I. Xefterakis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ο Πλούτος αγνοεί την δικαιοσύνη και το εργο του Αριστοφάνη και μιλάει για το πως ο πλούτος καταλήγει σε λάθος χέρια και τι θα γινόταν αν επιτέλους τον έπαιρναν οι τίμιοι και καλοί άνθρωποι.Ο Αριστοφάνης φανερώνει τη βαθιά του επιθυμία για έναν κόσμο πιο δίκαιο, αλλά ταυτόχρονα αναδεικνύει και τους κινδύνους μιας τέτοιας ριζικής αλλαγής, καθώς διασαλεύεται η παραδοσιακή τάξη των πραγμάτων.
Το έργο λειτουργεί ως σχόλιο πάνω στην κοινωνική αδικία και τη διαφθορά της εποχής, παραμένοντας επίκαιρο, αφού θίγει προβλήματα που απασχολούν ακόμα και σήμερα.

Plutus ignores justice, and Aristophanes’ play explores how wealth often ends up in the wrong hands, and what might happen if it were finally given to honest and virtuous people. Aristophanes reveals his deep desire for a fairer world, but at the same time highlights the dangers of such a radical change, as it disrupts the traditional order of things.
The play serves as a commentary on social injustice and the corruption of the time, remaining relevant today as it addresses issues that still concern us.

[Antonis Michailidis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ξεχωρίζει ο αγώνας ανάμεσα στη φτώχεια και τον πλούτο.