The Eleven Comedies

By Aristophanes

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Title:	The Eleven Comedies
Author:	Aristophanes
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature & thought, Literature and history, Literature & philosophy
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Excerpt
There are only two characters of any importance to the action?Philocleon (?friend of Cleon?) and his son Bdelycleon (?enemy of Cleon?). The plot is soon told. Philocleon is a bigoted devotee of the malady of litigiousness so typical of his countrymen and an enthusiastic attendant at the Courts in his capacity of ?dicast? or juryman. Bdelycleon endeavors to persuade his father by every means in his power to change this unsatisfactory manner of life for something nobler and more profitable; but all in vain. As a last resource he keeps his father a prisoner indoors, so that he cannot attend the tribunals.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME THE WASPS Introduction Text And Notes THE BIRDS Introduction Text And Notes THE FROGS Introduction Text And Notes THE THESMOPHORIAZUSAE Introduction Text And Notes THE ECCLESIAZUSAE Introduction Text And Notes PLUTUS Introduction Text And Notes