Aristophanes: Frogs and Other Plays A new verse translation, with introduction and notes
Aristophanes: Frogs and Other Plays A new verse translation, with introduction and notes
- ISBN 13:
9780192824097
- ISBN 10:
0192824090
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 02/01/2017
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary
This vibrant collection of verse translations of Aristophanes' works combines historical accuracy with a sensitive attempt to capture the rich dramatic and literary qualities of Aristophanic comedy. The volume presents Clouds, with its famous caricature of the philosopher Socrates; Women at the Thesmophoria (or Thesmophoriazusae), a work which mixes elaborate parody of tragedy with a great deal of transvestite burlesque; and Frogs, in which the dead tragedians Aeschylus and Euripides engage in a vituperative contest of 'literary criticism' of each other's plays. Featuring expansive introductions to each play and detailed explanatory notes, the volume also includes an illuminating appendix, which provides information and selected fragments from the lost plays of Aristophanes.