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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
€ 21.99€ 17.69
€ 21.99
€ 17.69
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
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€ 10.25
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
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. Of the 1995 full-length edition:'Aristophanes addicts unite! This book is for us. It has everything that we always wanted to know about Birds and we were unable to find in one place.' Greek Gazette 'The commentary elucidates with an experts knowledge of syntax, meter, and artifacts.. The volume will remain authoritative for generations. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprinted with revisions 1991.
- SKU
- V9780856682889
- ISBN
- 9780856682889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.80
€ 40.99
€ 35.80
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€ 35.84
€ 40.99
€ 35.84
Paperback. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856682100
- ISBN
- 9780856682100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.39
€ 36.99
€ 33.39
Paperback. Editor(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Greek & English
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856681721
- ISBN
- 9780856681721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
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
€ 17.95
paperback. Brings together the works of Classical comedy, with two early Greek plays: Aristophanes' "Birds", and Menander's "The Girl from Samos"; and two Roman comic plays: Plautus' "The Brothers Menaechmus" and Terence's double love-plot, "The Eunuch". Together, these four plays demonstrate the development of Classical comedy. Editor(s): Segal, Erich. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449822
- ISBN
- 9780140449822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
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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
€ 14.99€ 12.42
€ 14.99
€ 12.42
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€ 30.13
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€ 30.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856684586
- ISBN
- 9780856684586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.73
€ 36.73
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 606
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995376
- ISBN
- 9780674995376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.15
€ 33.99
€ 30.15
Hardcover. Aristophanes (c. 450 c. 386 BCE) has been admired since antiquity for his wit, fantasy, language, and satire. The protagonists of "Birds" create a utopian counter-Athens. In "Lysistrata" wives go on conjugal strike until their husbands end war. Women in "Women at the Thesmophoria" punish Euripides for portraying them as wicked. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 119 x 33. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995871
- ISBN
- 9780674995871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.15
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€ 30.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, map/diagram. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Focus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941051026
- ISBN
- 9780941051026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.36
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€ 13.36
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€ 13.41
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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€ 13.48
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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
€ 14.99€ 11.64
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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
€ 14.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. This title situates itself in a region beyond criticism but this side of literature, characterized by forgetting and finitude, and investigating important yet seemingly inaccessible gray areas in texts as old as those of Homer, and as recent as those of Beckett. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735384
- ISBN
- 9780804735384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.17
€ 29.99
€ 27.17