Justice, Where is Thy Sting? Aristophanes’ Reflections on the Nature, Power, and Character of Punitive Justice in the Wasps

• In Event: Aristotelian and Aristophanic Political Science

Brief Overview

A reading of the Wasps that seeks to bring to light Aristophanes’ reflections on not only the nature and power of the human concern with punitive justice but also the possibility and desirability of liberating human beings from such a concern.

Author

• Christopher Baldwin, Southeast Missouri State University