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The Wasps, The Poet and the Women & The Frogs (Penguin Classics)
Aristophanes
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Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
The master of ancient Greek comic drama, Aristophanes combined slapstick, humour and cheerful vulgarity with acute political observations. In "The Frogs", written during the Peloponnesian War, Dionysus descends to the Underworld to bring back a poet who can help Athens in its darkest hour, and stages a great debate to help him decide between the traditional wisdom of Aeschylus and the brilliant modernity of Euripides. The clash of generations and values is also the object of Aristophanes' satire in "The Wasps", in which an old-fashioned father and his loose-living son come to blows and end up in court. And in ... Read more
The master of ancient Greek comic drama, Aristophanes combined slapstick, humour and cheerful vulgarity with acute political observations. In "The Frogs", written during the Peloponnesian War, Dionysus descends to the Underworld to bring back a poet who can help Athens in its darkest hour, and stages a great debate to help him decide between the traditional wisdom of Aeschylus and the brilliant modernity of Euripides. The clash of generations and values is also the object of Aristophanes' satire in "The Wasps", in which an old-fashioned father and his loose-living son come to blows and end up in court. And in ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
1964
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140441529
SKU
KKD0002300
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
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