Non-Fiction Books:

Four Plays

Sorry, this product is not currently available to order

Here are some other products you might consider...

Four Plays

Click to share your rating 0 ratings (0.0/5.0 average) Thanks for your vote!

Format:

Paperback / softback
Unavailable
Sorry, this product is not currently available to order

Description

Whether his target is the war between the sexes or his fellow playwright Euripides, Aristophanes is the most important Greek comic dramatist-and one of the greatest comic playwrights of all time. His writing-at once bawdy and delicate-brilliantly fuses serious political satire with pyrotechnical bombast, establishing the tradition of comedy as high art. His messages are as timely and relevant today as they were in ancient Greece, and his plays still provoke laughter-and thought. This volume features four celebrated masterpieces- Lysistrata, The Frogs, A Parliament of Women and Plutus (Wealth), all translated by the distinguished poet and translator Paul Roche.

Author Biography

Aristophanes is the most important Greek comic dramatist and one of the greatest comic playwrights of all ages. Little is known about his life except that he was of Athenian parentage and either lived or owned land on Aegina. He composed about fifty-five comedies, of which only eleven plays and numerous fragments remain. Aristophanes' comedies continue to be a valuable aid to an appreciation of the Athenian culture of the late fifth century B.C. Paul Roche (1916-2007) was a distinguished English poet, translator, and the author of The Bible's Greatest Stories. His other translations include Euripides- Ten Plays; Sophocles- The Complete Plays, and The Orestes Plays of Aeschylus.
Release date NZ
January 15th, 2017
Author
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United States
Imprint
Signet
Pages
320
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Dimensions
107x173x25
ISBN-13
9780451529312
Product ID
11796169

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here

Help & options

Filed under...