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The Knights is a satire on political and social life in 5th-century BC Athens, the characters are drawn from real life and Cleon is clearly intended to be the villain. However it is also an allegory, the characters are figures of fantasy and the villain in this context is Paphlagonian, a comic monstrosity responsible for almost everything that’s wrong with the world.

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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 64 ● ISBN 9781911535843 ● Dimensione 0.4 MB ● Casa editrice Sovereign ● Città Montefranco ● Paese IT ● Pubblicato 2016 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 5769570 ● Protezione dalla copia senza

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