Aristophanes and Menander (New Comedies) - Women in Power & Wealth & The Malcontent & The Woman from Samos - 0413671801 *** 50% Discount - Publisher's Price £9.99 - Our Price £4.99 ***
An essential book for students of Greek drama and
literature. Aristophanes is widely regarded as one of Ancient
Greece's foremost satirists - offering students of the period a
unique insight into the world of Athens and its theatre
Written in the century following the defeat of Athens by the
Spartans in the Peloponnesian War, these four plays signal a
change of emphasis in stage comedy more appropriate to the
new world order of the fourth century BC
Women in Power and Wealth complete the cycle of
Aristophanes' extant plays begun in Aristophanes Plays: One and Two,
translated by Kenneth McLeish and J Michael Walton.
These editions provide full introductions, discussing the
plays and placing them in their political & social context
Aristophanes was a unique writer for the comic stage as well
as one of the most revealing about the society for which he wrote
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