Όρνιθες

Οι κωμωδίες του Αριστοφάνη σε κόμικς #6

by Aristophanes

Η Αθήνα το 414 π.Χ. περνούσε δύσκολες στιγμές που οφείλονταν τόσο στις συνέπειες του Πελλοπονησιακού πολέμου όσο και στη φιλοπόλεμη διάθεση των αρχηγών που απομάκρυνε κάθε ελπίδα για ειρήνη. Ο Αριστοφάνης πικραμένος με όλα αυτά έγραψε την εποχή εκείνη τους Όρνιθες, έργο παραμυθένιο, αφού παρουσιάζει τους ήρωες του ν' αναζητούν την ιδανική πολιτεία στους αιθέρες, κοντά στα πουλιά, μια που η ζωή στη γήινη πατρίδα τους είχε καταντήσει ανυπόφορη.

Genres: Comics, Comix, Graphic Novels

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1983

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

[Effie · Rating 3 out of 5]

B.R.A.CE. 2018 4 βιβλία με ένα ζώο στον τίτλο ή στο εξώφυλλο

3,5

[DiTh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Αρκετά καλό. Αλλά ποιο πολύ πλάκα είχαν τα λόγια τον θεατών. Το προτείνω.

[Ilias · Rating 4 out of 5]

Αρκετά καλό. Είχε αστείους και μοντέρνους διαλόγους, αλλά δε μου άρεσε πολύ το στυλ των σκίτσων, αν και μπορώ να καταλάβω γιατί το επέλεξαν. Το προτείνω.