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Wealth
Wealth | Aristophanes
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This volume is the first edition with commentary since 1907 of Aristophanes' last surviving play, in which, as so often before, an audacious and imaginative hero finds a miraculous remedy for the all-too-real ills of the contemporary world in this case the concentration of wealth in the hands of those who don't deserve it at the expense of ...
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batsy
Wealth | Aristophanes
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A superbly engaging first half that descends into a "I gotta get this finished & move on with my life"-type second half, hence the so-so. I thought the skewering of the ideals of the rich was spot on & eternally relevant. Aristophanes goes all in on the gods, who emerge looking like the children of Logan Roy. Assemblywomen & Wealth are supposedly where Old Comedy morphs into Middle Comedy? Thus the awkward growing pains apparent in the structure.

batsy I read the translation by Alan Sommerstein. 1y
merelybookish Great review! Great pic! Lol 1y
CarolynM The gods looking like the children of Logan Roy 🤣🤣🤣 So please tell who is who - Shiv is Artemis, right? 1y
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batsy @merelybookish Thank you! 😆 All I could think about was Scrooge McDuck lol. 1y
batsy @CarolynM Haha! Hermes was so entitled and slimily opportunistic in this one that he reminded me of Roman 😆 Shiv as Artemis is perfect, actually. And Dionysus as season 3 Kendall. Season 1 Kendall could be Ares. Connor's the tough one! 1y
LKK526 I love your I gotta finish this and get on with my life. Exactly the way I feel sometimes 😃 1y
batsy @LKK526 Absolutely! A very relatable feeling 😁 1y
Suet624 “The children of Logan Roy” was so descriptive. 1y
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