Aristophanes' Apprenticeship Again

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Niall W Slater, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 1989-03-03
• Publisher: Open Journal Systems
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: 1989 author(s)
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): https://grbs.library.duke.edu/index.php/grbs/article/view/4371
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 1
• Start Page: 67
• End Page: 82
• Keywords: Aristophanes; Acharnians; Dicaeopolis; poetry; Cleon
• Research Categories: Literature, Classical

Abstract

The two passages in Acharnians where Dicaeopolis suddenly seems to become Aristophanes himself (at lines 37ff and 497ff) he evoked considerable interest recently. In both places Dicaeopolis refers to "his" troubles with Cleon in a way that makes it clear that he is speaking not as a character but as the poet.