Birds/Peace/Wealth: Aristophanes' Critique of the Gods by Aristophanes

Birds/Peace/Wealth: Aristophanes' Critique of the Gods

Aristophanes with Wayne Ambler (Translator), Thomas L. Pangle (Translator)

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This book enthralls readers seeking witty yet profound explorations of human ambition, the desire to reshape or replace divine power, and the timeless tension between faith and secular pursuit.

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In these three raucous comedies, mortals outwit and even replace Zeus and other Olympian deities of the Greek Pantheon. As Aristophanes provokes laughter at the foibles of gods and men, he arouses wonder at our human need for the divine."The three...

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