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Overview
This rollicking new translation of Aristophanes' comic masterpiece is rendered in blank verse for dialogue and in lyric meters and free verse for the songs. Appended commentary essays-on ancient warfare, classical Greek rationalism, Athenian women, Athenian democracy and the Athenian festivals-offer lively and informative discussions not only of Aristophanes, but of the broader fifth-century social, political, and cultural context as well.Translated and introduced by Douglass Parker.
Book Details
Published
September 24, 1987
Publisher
Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; 1987.
Pages
308
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780198140498