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| [128] The anonymous satire, the Eccius dedolatus, is described by Best as "a small satirical comedy, an Aristophanic play in prose," a satire formed in part "from the first half of Plutus. 20) Erasmus's Praise of Folly invokes this Aristophanic Socrates, who was always "philosophizing about clouds and ideas, measuring a flea's foot," and "learning nothing about the affairs of ordinary life. In his consideration of other plays, Norland usefully draws attention to the importance of Aristophanic influence in Roister Doister, and addresses the politicization of the morality play, though here he does not show familiarity with a good deal of recent research. |
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