Sunday, April 10, 2022
Sowing Discord
Aristophanes, Wasps 40-41 (tr. Jeffrey Henderson):
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Good heavens, he means to divide our people!Douglas M. MacDowell ad loc.:
οἴμοι δείλαιος·
τὸν δῆμον ἡμῶν βούλεται διιστάναι.
Kleon is also accused in Knights 817-18 of splitting (διατειχίζων) the Athenians. The two passages show that be was regarded by some Athenians as a cause of disunity in the city, presumably because he encouraged one social class to regard another as opponents.
