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Paperback. Collecting three comedies that show Aristophanes tackling the consequences of war and social upheaval in Athens with his characteristic wit, this title is translated from the Greek with an introduction and notes. Translator(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes, bibliography, chronology. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Addison Wesley
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448146
ISBN
9780140448146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Two cunning Athenians persuade the birds to build the utopian city of 'Much Cuckoo in the Clouds' in the sky, blockading the Olympian gods and installing themselves as new deities. The Knights is a venomous satire on Cleon, a prominent Athenian demagogue, who vies with a humble sausage-seller for the approval of the people. Translator(s): Sommerstein, Alan H.; Barrett, David. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449518
ISBN
9780140449518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585103089
ISBN
9781585103089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.57

Paperback. This line-for-line translation of Aritophanes' famous comedy features an introduction that explores Old Comedy and the place of "Clouds" and Aristophanic comedy within it. The text is accompanied by extensive footnotes. Translator(s): Meineck, Peter. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; AN; DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872205161
ISBN
9780872205161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.55

Hardcover. The eleven plays by Aristophanes that have come down to us describe the period spanned by his forty-year career, beginning with the first production in 427 BC. This book provides a picture of the poet's vitality and information and insights about his world. Editor(s): Henderson, Jeffrey. Translator(s): Henderson, Jeffrey. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 118 x 29. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Loeb Classical Library
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996151
ISBN
9780674996151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Translator(s): Ruden, Sarah. Series: Hackett Classics. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206038
ISBN
9780872206038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Focus Information Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941051248
ISBN
9780941051248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.55

Paperback. This is the first complete verse translation of Aristophanes' comedies to appear for more than twenty-five years and makes freshly available one of the most remarkable comic playwrights in the entire Western tradition, complete with an illuminating introduction including play by play analysis and detailed notes. Contains: Birds; Lysistrata; Assembly-Women; Wealth. Editor(s): Halliwell, Stephen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555673
ISBN
9780199555673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.56

Paperback. Offers insight into one of the turbulent periods in Ancient Greek history. This book is written during the Peloponnesian War, Dionysus descends to Underworld to bring back a poet who can help Athens in its darkest hour, and stages a debate to help him decide between the traditional wisdom of Aeschylus and the modernity of Euripides. Translator(s): Barrett, David. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001598
ISBN
9780140449693
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 336 pages, references, commentary, notes, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856687396
ISBN
9780856687396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. Ecclesiazusae, probably produced in 391 BC, is at once a typically Aristophanic fantasy of gender inversion, obscenity and farce, the earliest surviving work in the western Utopian tradition, and the source of a blueprint for a communist society on which Plato may well have drawn in his Republic. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Reprinted with corrections 2007. Reprinted 2015.
SKU
V9780856687082
ISBN
9780856687082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.05

Paperback. This vibrant collection of verse translations of Aristophanes' works-featuring Clouds, Women at the Thesmophoria (or Thesmophoriazusae), and Frogs-combines historical accuracy with a sensitive attempt to capture the rich dramatic and literary qualities of Aristophanic comedy. Editor(s): Halliwell, Stephen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
New
SKU
9780192824097
ISBN
9780192824097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Originally adapted for stage, Peter Meineck's revised translation features a general introduction and introductions to the plays. Detailed notes on staging, history, religious practice and myth combine to make a this a practical teaching text. Translator(s): Meineck, Peter. Series: Aristophanes. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
417
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203600
ISBN
9780872203600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. Translator(s): Pangle, Thomas L.; Ambler, Wayne. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: DD; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Paul Dry Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589880788
ISBN
9781589880788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585101870
ISBN
9781585101870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 108 x 34. Weight in Grams: 411. Fine copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Green Integer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KST0010479
ISBN
9781931243285
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 108 x 34. Weight in Grams: 411. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Green Integer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KTG0010007
ISBN
9781931243285
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761814139
ISBN
9780761814139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.75

Paperback.
Publisher
Samuel French Ltd
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780573011559
ISBN
9780573011559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.21

Paperback. A collection of plays linked by the emergence of a distinct comic voice, Wesker's Comedies reveals an unexpected side to one of post-war Britain's most important and abiding dramatists. Contains the plays The Wedding Feast, One More Ride on the Merry-Go-Round , Groupie and The Old Ones. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849431286
ISBN
9781849431286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

Paperback. Series: Modern Classics. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 198 x 7. Weight in Grams: 82.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472574596
ISBN
9781472574596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.36

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849431446
ISBN
9781849431446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

Paperback. A collection of plays linked by their scrutiny of the Domestic, by one of post-war Britain's most important and abiding dramatists. Contains the plays The Friends, Bluey, Men Die, Women Survive, and Wild Spring. Num Pages: 320 pages, music. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849431606
ISBN
9781849431606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.58

Hardback. This book studies the interaction in late medieval and Renaissance English literature of Augustinian theology and the modes of subversive humor Bakhtin calls carnival. This interaction produces a sustained interrogation of public identity which limits medieval culture and its major texts to those of the Renaissance. Num Pages: 197 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DSBB; DSBD; DSC; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135886
ISBN
9780874135886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.74

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