The Knights (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Aristophanes
- First Published: 424
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: Fifth century
- Setting: Athens
- Genres: Satire, Drama
- Subjects: Power, personal or social, Slavery or slaves, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Heads of state
- Locales: Athens, ancient, Greece, ancient
Characters Discussed
Demos (DEE-mos), a personification of the Athenian people to whom all citizens owe obeisance. He is represented as a selfish, testy, and sometimes foolish old man who seems to ignore the corruption in the officials and politicians who minister to him. The play opens with Cleon, his favorite (his “servant” or his “slave”), firmly entrenched in power, ostensibly by virtue of his whining, obsequious, insolent, arrogant, and cunning qualities. Before the play is concluded, however, Demos displays his strength and craftiness (the strength and craftiness...
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Aristophanes (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Aristophanes (Drama)Aristophanes (Encyclopedia of the Ancient World)Aristophanes (Dictionary of World Biography)Aristophanes (Censorship)
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