328 Aristophanes (with Aaron Poochigian)

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

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🗓️ 31 May 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Often called the Father of Comedy, the satirical playwright Aristophanes (c. 450 BCE - 388 BCE) used his critical eye and sharp tongue to skewer politicians and philosophers alike. In this episode, poet and classicist Aaron Poochigian joins Jacke to discuss his new translation of four plays by Aristophanes - and explains why these ancient Athenian comedies (Clouds, Birds, Lysistrata, and Women of the Assembly) are especially relevant today. Works Discussed Four Plays by Aristophanes (translated by Aaron Poochigian) The Cutaway by Christina Kovac A Front Page Affair and Murder Between the Lines by Radha Vatsal Outlawed by Anna North Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to [email protected]. New!!! Looking for an easy to way to buy Jacke a coffee? Now you can at paypal.me/jackewilson. Your generosity is much appreciated! The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature podcast is a member of the Podglomerate Network and LitHub radio.
0:07.0	Hello.
0:11.0	He's been called the Father of Comedy, and for centuries his plays have been valued
0:15.5	for their wit, their bold ideas, their licentiousness, and their fearless attacks on the politicians
0:21.8	and philosophers of his era.
0:24.5	His era, as it happens, was paraclean Athens, at great period when intellectual giants
0:30.3	like Socrates and Plato and Aristotle walked the earth.
0:35.1	At his name to theirs, Aristophanes, who did for comedic satire what Euripides and Escalus
0:41.4	and Sophocles were doing for tragedy.
0:45.0	What were his plays about?
0:47.0	How close to the bone did they cut?
0:49.8	How much can we enjoy them today, and does our society have anything like their equivalent?
0:55.6	We'll talk to the translator of Aristophanes, Aaron Puchigian about all this and more today
1:01.9	on The History of Literature.
1:18.9	Okay, hello.
1:20.7	Here we go.
1:21.7	Welcome to the podcast.
1:22.7	I'm Jack Wilson.
1:23.7	I'm glad you're here today to join us.
1:24.8	This is the start.
1:26.4	People?
1:27.4	I don't know why I'm so excited about this.
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