The Knights
play by Aristophanes
Also known as: “Equites”, “Hippeis”
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discussed in biography
- In Aristophanes: Knights
This play shows how little Aristophanes was affected by the prosecution he had incurred for Babylonians. Knights (424 bce; Greek Hippeis) consists of a violent attack on the same demagogue, Cleon, who is depicted as the favourite slave of the stupid and irascible Demos…
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