Politics and persuasion in Aristophanes' Ecclesiazusae /

This study shows that the Ecclesiazusae is an affirmation of the importance of persuasion in the fourth- century democracy. Praxagora, the attractive and articulate female protagonist, virtually personifies peitho , the realm of both political persuasion and erotic seduction. The ability of peitho t...

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Main Author: Rothwell, Kenneth Sprague, 1955-

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1990.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 111.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 1-203, ISBN: 9789004381049.

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Call Number: PA3875.E3 R68 1990

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505 0 0 |t Preliminary Material /  |r Kenneth S. Rothwell --   |t Critical Problems in the Ecclesiazusae /  |r Kenneth S. Rothwell --   |t Peithô, erôs, and politics /  |r Kenneth S. Rothwell --   |t The action of the play /  |r Kenneth S. Rothwell --   |t Praxagora, women and rhetoric /  |r Kenneth S. Rothwell --   |t Conclusions /  |r Kenneth S. Rothwell --   |t Bibliography /  |r Kenneth S. Rothwell --   |t Index locorum /  |r Kenneth S. Rothwell --   |t General Index /  |r Kenneth S. Rothwell. 
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520 |a This study shows that the Ecclesiazusae is an affirmation of the importance of persuasion in the fourth- century democracy. Praxagora, the attractive and articulate female protagonist, virtually personifies peitho , the realm of both political persuasion and erotic seduction. The ability of peitho to address both public and private motivations makes it the perfect instrument to resolve the tension in the fourth century between selfishness and civic participation. This is, after all, the central issue in the later episodes of the play. 
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