How Long to Read Aristophanes and Alcibiades

How Long Does it Take to Read Aristophanes and Alcibiades?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 26 minutes to read Aristophanes and Alcibiades by Michael Vickers

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The conventional view of Aristophanes bristles with problems. Important testimony for Alcibiades’ paramount role in comedy is consistently disregarded, and the tradition that “masks were made to look like the komodoumenoi, so that before an actor spoke a word, the audience would recognize who was being attacked” is hardly ever invoked. If these testimonia are taken into account, a fascinating picture emerges, where the komodoumenoi are based on the Periclean household: older characters on Pericles himself, younger on Alcibiades. Aspasia, Pericles’ mistress, and Hipparete, Alcibiades’ wife, lie behind many female characters, and Alcibiades’ ambiguous sexuality also allows him to be shown on the stage as a woman, notably as Lysistrata. There is a substantial overlap between the anecdotal tradition relating to the historical figures and the plotting of Aristophanes’ plays. This extends to speech patterns, where Alcibiades’ speech defect is lampooned. Aristophanes is consistently critical of Alcibiades’ mercurial politics, and his works can also be seen to have served as an aide-mémoire for Thucydides and Xenophon. If the argument presented here is correct, then much current scholarship on Aristophanes can be set aside.

How long is Aristophanes and Alcibiades?

Aristophanes and Alcibiades by Michael Vickers is 263 pages long, and a total of 66,539 words.

This makes it 89% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Aristophanes and Alcibiades Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 3 minutes to read Aristophanes and Alcibiades aloud.

What Reading Level is Aristophanes and Alcibiades?

Aristophanes and Alcibiades is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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