Birds and Other Plays
$25.95
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
12 November 2008
Summary
Aristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy, the exuberant, satirical form of festival drama which flourished during the heyday of classical Athenian culture in the fifth century BC. His plays are characterized by extraordinary combinations of fantasy and satire, sophistication and vulgarity, formality and freedom.
- Birds is an escapist fantasy in which two dissatisfied Athenians, in defiance of men and gods, bring about a city of birds,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199555673 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0199555672 |
| Author: | Aristophanes, Stephen Halliwell |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 12 November 2008 |
| Weight: | 283g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 128mm x 195mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
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Critics Review
`I readily endorse the opinion that the general introduction (ix-lxvi) is ‘superb’ and the introductions to the individual comedies ‘excellent’. The rock-bottom price suggests extensive sales are anticipated and rightly so.’ P. Walcot, Greece & Rome 09/06/1999
Aristophanes
Stephen Halliwell is Professor of Greek at the University of St Andrews.
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