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""Chapter 7: On the Anabasis of Trygaeus: An Introduction to Aristophanes� Peace""""Peace""; ""Gods""; ""Comedy""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 8: Aristophanes� Herodotean Inquiry: The Meaning of Athenian Imperialism in the Birds""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 9: Learning the Lesson of Dionysus: Aristophanes� Tragicomic Wisdom and Poetic Politics in the Frogs""; ""A Divine Comedy: Contesting Divinity""; ""A Political Tragedy: Contesting Great Poetry""; ""Aristophanes� Tragicomic Wisdom and Poetic Politics in the Frogs""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 10: Wealth and the Theology of Charity"" ""Chremylus and “Charity�""""The Counterclaims of Poverty""; ""Visitors to the New God: The Results of the Reform""; ""Love and Money""; ""Religion and Charity""; ""Charity Undermines Justice""; ""The Theology of Charity Is Secularizing""; ""Notes""; ""Part III""; ""Chapter 11: Anger in Thucydides and Aristophanes: The Case of Cleon""; ""The Comic Boastfulness of Cleon""; ""Law, Anger, Necessity, and Eros""; ""Justice and Necessity in Aristophanes: Our Split Nature""; ""Anger/Waspishness in the Knights""; ""Anger/Waspishness in the Wasps""; ""Notes"" ""Chapter 4: Persuasion in Comedy and Comic Persuasion: Aristophanes and the Mysteries of Rhetoric""""I.""; ""II.""; ""III.""; ""IV.""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 5: Boundaries: The Comic Poet Confronts the “Who� of Political Action""; ""The Acharnians""; ""The Lysistrata""; ""The Ecclesiazusae""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 6: Aristophanes and the Polis""; ""The Knights and the Absurdity of Politics""; ""Acharnians, Birds, and the Paradox of the City""; ""The Frogs: Saving Athens through Comedy""; ""Notes"" ""Chapter 12: The Comedy of the Just City: Aristophanes� Assemblywomen and Plato�s Republic""""I. Introduction""; ""II. Praxagora�s Design""; ""III. The Platonic Adaption of Praxagora�s Design""; ""IV. Aristophanes and Plato""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 13: Peisetairos of Aristophanes� Birds and the Erotic Tyrant of Republic IX""; ""I. The Erotic Tyrant of Republic IX""; ""II. Plato on Two Kinds of Eros""; ""III. Tyrannical Eros in the Symposium""; ""IV. Eros Tyrannos and Aristophanes� Birds""; ""V. Interpreting the Birds""; ""VI. The Ancient Quarrel between Plato and Aristophanes?"" ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I""; ""Chapter 1: Seeing Democracy in the Clouds""; ""I.""; ""II.""; ""III.""; ""IV.""; ""V.""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 2: The Meaning of Socrates� Asceticism in Aristophanes� Clouds""; ""I.""; ""II.""; ""III.""; ""IV.""; ""V.""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 3: Rethinking the Quarrel Anew: Politics and Boasting in Aristophanes� Clouds""; ""What�s In a Boast? The Ubiquity of Laughter in Clouds""; ""When Boasts Become Dangerous: The Nature of Politics""; ""Clouds as a Defense of Political Life""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Part II"" His original and wide-ranging collection of essays offers, for the first time, a comprehensive examination of the political dimensions of that madcap comic poet Aristophanes. Rejecting the claim that Aristophanes is little more than a mere comedian, the contributors to this fascinating volume demonstrate that Aristophanes deserves to be placed in the ranks of the greatest Greek political thinkers. As these essays reveal, all of Aristophanes' plays treat issues of fundamental political importance, from war and peace, poverty and wealth, the relation between the sexes, demagoguery and democracy to the role of philosophy and poetry in political society. Accessible to students as well as scholars, "The Political Theory of Aristophanes" can be utilized easily in the classroom, but at the same time serve as a valuable source for those conducting more advanced research. Whether the field is political philosophy, classical studies, history, or literary criticism, this work will make it necessary to reconceptualize how we understand this great Athenian poet and force us to recognize the political ramifications and underpinnings of his uproarious comedies
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