Libros de Aristófanes

Lysistrata

• Lysistrata persuades the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace - a strategy, however, that inflames the battle between the sexes. The play is notable for being an earl...

The Eleven Comedies -vol. 1-

• Eleven of his 40 plays survive virtually complete. These plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and they are in fact used to define the genre. Also known as the Father of Comedy and the Prince of Ancient Comed...

The Wasps

• As in his other early plays, Aristophanes pokes satirical fun at the demagogue Cleon but in The Wasps he also ridicules one of the Athenian institutions that provided Cleon with his power-base: the law courts.

The Knights

• 44 páginas
• The play is a satire on the social and political life of classical Athens during the Peloponnesian War and in this respect it is typical of all the dramatist’s early plays. It is unique however in the relatively small number of its chara...

Aristophanes: Frogs And Other Plays: A New Verse Translation, With Introduction And Notes

• Aristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy, an exuberant form of..

Lysistrate

• 106 páginas

The Acharnenses Of Aristophanes

• This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of..

The Wasps Of Aristophanes With Notes Critical And Explanatory

• This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of..

Frogs And Other Plays

• Three plays from Aristophanes, the master of Ancient Greek comedyMarrying deft social..

Acharnians. Knights

• Aristophanes of Athens (ca. 446-386 BCE), one of the world's greatest comic dramatists, has..

Acarnienses

Asambleistas, Las

The Comedies Of Aristophanes V2

• 332 páginas
• In Two Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly ....

Aristophanis Plutus Comoedia (1737)

• 128 páginas
• Aristophanis Plutus Comoedia is a book written by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. The book was originally published in 1737 and is a comedy play that explores the themes of wealth and poverty. The plot follows the character of Chremylus, a poor...

Eight Comedies Of Aristophanes (1867)

• Eight Comedies of Aristophanes is a collection of plays written by the ancient Greek playwright..

Lisistrata

Fragments

• 400 páginas
• Features 11 plays by Aristophanes that illuminate the eventful period spanned by his 40-year career, beginning with the first production in 427 BC. Also included in this edition are the ancient reports about Aristophanes' life, works and influence...

Clouds. Wasps. Peace

• 614 páginas
• Aristophanes of Athens (ca. 446-386 BCE), one of the world's greatest comic dramatists, has..

Aristophanes Acharnians

• 379 páginas
• Aristophanes' Acharnians was performed at the Lenaia festival in Athens in 425 BCE. The play is the story of an old peasant farmer, Dikaiopolis, who has grown so disgusted with the Peloponnesian War and the patent self-serving of the city's leading...

Aristophanes

• Olson's edition of the play, which replaces Platnauer's of 1969, is based on a complete new..