Complete Plays of Aristophanes Aristophanes Author
by Aristophanes
2021-04-03 00:42:49
Complete Plays of Aristophanes Aristophanes Author
by Aristophanes
2021-04-03 00:42:49
Aristophanes was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his 40 plays survive virtually complete. These, together with fragments of some of his other plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and the...
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Aristophanes was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his 40 plays survive virtually complete. These, together with fragments of some of his other plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and they are used to define the genre.THE ELEVEN COMEDIESForewordTHE KNIGHTSTHE ACHARNIANSPEACELYSISTRATATHE CLOUDSTHE WASPSTHE BIRDSTHE FROGSTHE THESMOPHORIAZUSAETHE ECCLESIAZUSAEPLUTUS
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