Aristophanes: The Acharnians; The Knights; The Clouds (1898)

By Aristophanes

Book Overview

Aristophanes: The Acharnians; The Knights; The Clouds (1898) is a collection of three comedic plays by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. The first play, The Acharnians, follows the story of a man named Dicaeopolis who is fed up with the Peloponnesian War and decides to make a peace treaty with the enemy. The second play, The Knights, satirizes the political figure Cleon and his rise to power in Athens. The final play, The Clouds, focuses on the character Strepsiades who enrolls in a school for sophists in order to learn how to argue his way out of debt. The plays are known for their bawdy humor, political commentary, and satirical depictions of contemporary Athenian society. This edition of the plays was translated by Benjamin Bickley Rogers and includes an introduction and notes on the text.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1164203533
• ISBN13: 9781164203537
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 510 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"