Meton's Star-City: Geometry and Utopia in Aristophanes' Birds
Meton's Star-City: Geometry and Utopia in Aristophanes' Birds
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梅顿的星城:阿里斯托芬《鸟类》中的几何与乌托邦
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10.5184/classicalj.105.3.213
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2021
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Matthew Amati
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Matthew Amati
Abstract:The geometrical ideas parodied in Meton's speech are not exclusive to his scene but are addressed at various points throughout the play. Meton plans a “starcity” whose chief features—streets, lots, agora and star-shape—represent everything a comic hero despises. His intellectually-derived Nephelococcygia is democratic, allows ownership of property, and lets in all comers. He is a threat to the anti-civic tyrant Peisetairos and must be driven off.