ARTICLE
TITLE

Political Myth in Aristophanes: Another Form of Comic Satire?

SUMMARY

Civic myths and their role in the expression of political identity can be seen to be parodied in Acharnians (the cause of the Peloponnesian War, the conquest of Eleusis) and Birds (foundation legends, the Athenian kings).

PAGES
pp. 382 - 400
COLLECTIONS
History

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