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Aristophanes Aristophanes, Kenneth Dover (Editor)

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Author
Aristophanes Aristophanes, Kenneth Dover (Editor)
Publish Date
1968-12-31
Book Type
Hardcover
Number of Pages
416
Publisher Name
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10
0198141742
ISBN-13
9780198141747
citemno
260602
Edition
First Edition, Second Impression
SKU
9780198141747

Description

Strepsiades attempts to enroll in Socrates's special school for sophists in order to learn the slippery, dishonest Unjust Argument that will help him get the better of his creditors in court. He learns many strange and wonderful things about atheism, natural sciences, and proper nouns. However, he proves an impossible pupil and thus decides to enroll his spend-thrift son Pheidippides instead. Pheidippides masters the slippery rhetoric of the Unjust Argument.