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Bryn Mawr Commentaries provide clear, concise, accurate, and consistent support for students making the transition from introductory and intermediate texts to the direct experience of ancient Greek and Latin literature. They assume that the student will know the basics of grammar... Read Full Overview

Aristophanes son of Philippus, was a comic playwright of ancient Athens known as the Father of Comedy. Feared for his powers of ridicule, his influence was even acknowledged by Plato as the cause of the trial of Socrates. One of the great playwrights of ancient Athens his work... Read Full Overview

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Thesmophoriazusae is perhaps the funniest of all Aristophanes' comedies, in which gender inversion and transvestism run riot as the tragic dramatist Euripides is made to take part in a hilarious spoof on some of his own favourite plot lines, with his own life at stake... Read Full Overview

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such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
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Furieuses contre Euripide qui a install des soup ons l' gard de toutes les femmes, les Ath niennes projettent de concerter leur vengeance pendant la f te des Thesmophories. Inquiet pour sa vie, Euripide envoie un de ses parents d guis en femme pour espionner les comploteuses... Read Full Overview

"Les Thesmophories" par Aristophane. Aristophane etait un dramaturge grec classique (450-385 av JC)."