TY - BOOK AU - Aristophanes AU - Muller,H.C. TI - De Ridders AV - PA PY - 2011/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Comedy plays KW - Greek drama (Comedy) -- Translations into Dutch N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Knights Wikipedia page about this book: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridders_(toneelstuk); Release date is 2011-10-23; Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg; Original publication data not identified N2 - "De Ridders" by Aristophanes is a comedy written in 424 BC. This satirical play targets Cleon, a powerful Athenian politician who had previously prosecuted Aristophanes. The story follows a sausage seller who competes with Cleon for the favor of Demos, an old man symbolizing the Athenian people. Through contests of shameless flattery and outrageous boasts, the rivals battle for political control. The play offers a biting commentary on corruption and demagoguery during the Peloponnesian War, winning first prize at its debut performance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37828 ER -