Pseudartabas and his Attire (Aristophanes “Acharnians” 94–97
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21250848 |
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| Authors | Boris M Nikolsky (0000-0002-0760-8639, Russian Academy of Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 52-65 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studia Litterarum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2500-4247 • E-ISSN: 2541-8564 |
| Publisher | A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.22455/2500-4247-2022-7-3-52-65 |
| OpenAlex | W4312527710 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The article is devoted to the interpretation of the passage from Aristophanes’ “Acharnians” (94–97), in which Dikeopolis expresses his feelings caused by the appearance of the Persian ambassador Pseudartabas in a strange Persian costume. According to the traditional point of view, which had its origins in the ancient scholia, the appearance and gait of Pseudartabas resembled a ship, and it is in comparison with the ship that the meaning of the joke lies. The article offers a different explanation: Dikeopolis mocks some elements of the traditional Persian costume, showing their similarity to a damage on a warship and thereby emphasizing the contradiction between the appearance of Pseudartabas and the usual claims of the Persians to sea power
Art · Contradiction · Epistemology · Feeling · Joke · Linguistics · Literature · Persian · Byzantine Studies and History · Computer Science · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · History · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence
| Highly cited | No |
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