Acharnians, Knights, and Peace, 45

by Aristophanes

Book Overview

Lively-and stage-ready-translations of three plays by Aristophanes dealing with war and its aftermath Most readers nowadays encounter the plays of Aristophanes in the classroom, not the theater. Yet the "father of comedy" wrote his plays for the stage, not as literary texts. Many English translations of the plays were written decades ago, and in their outdated language they fail to capture the dramatic liveliness of the original comedies. Here Michael...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806142316
• ISBN13: 9780806142319
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"