{"product_id":"aristophanes-cavalry-9781350065680","title":"Aristophanes: Cavalry","description":"\u003cp\u003eOffering for the first time a student introduction to Aristophanes’ most explosive political satire, this volume is an essential guide to the context, themes and later reception of \u003ci\u003eCavalry\u003c\/i\u003e. The ancient comedy is a fascinating insight into power  relations between slaves and slaveholders and the upper and lower  classes in classical Athens, and its political and social themes  resonate with a modern audience more now than ever before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally performed in 424 BCE, \u003ci\u003eCavalry\u003c\/i\u003e targets the Athenian demagogue Cleon, who had risen to  prominence since the death of Pericles and to pre-eminence after an  audacious victory over Sparta in 425. In \u003ci\u003eCavalry\u003c\/i\u003e, Aristophanes attacks Cleon’s popularity with the urban  underclass, but also targets democracy itself as guilty of gullibility,  self-interest, and political short-sightedness. As the play shows, the  only hope of escape from this crisis is for  Athens to find a leader even more foul-mouthed, depraved, and shameless  than Cleon himself. And who better than a sausage-seller, if only  because he turns out in the end to have a good heart and a true love of  traditional Athenian values?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24 July 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePage count:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Height 138 mm; Width 216 mm; Thickness 13 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781350065680\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Professor Robert Tordoff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50481579655418,"sku":"9781350065680","price":19.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9781350065680.jpg?v=1790041444","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/aristophanes-cavalry-9781350065680","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}