Aristophanes – Ecclesiazusae (part 1 of 4)
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Frogs, A Comedy by Aristophanes This innovative theatre production of Aritsophanes’ classical Greek comedy is presented by the London Small Theatre Company. It utilizes 1950’s style musical numbers and comedic skits while remaining true to the spirit of the original text. The London Evening Standard comments, “This production is captivating.”… |
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Lysistrata and Other Plays (Penguin Classics) $3.82 Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta. In Lysistrata a band of women tap into the awesome power of sex in order to end a war. The darker comedy of The Clouds satirizes Athenian philosophers, Socrates in … |
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Complete Plays of Aristophanes (Bantam Classics) $3.23 A poet who hated an age of decadence, armed conflict, and departure from tradition, Aristophanes’ comic genius influenced the political and social order of his own fifth-century Athens. But as Moses Hadas writes in his introduction to this volume, ‘His true claim upon our attention is as the most brilliant and artistic and thoughtful wit our world has known.’ Includes The Acharnians, The Birds, Th… |
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The Eleven Comedies of Aristophanes: Complete in One Volume (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) $0.99 This Halcyon Classics ebook contains the eleven extant comedies by the ancient Athenian playwright Aristophanes. One of the foremost of the Old Comedy playwrights, Aristophanes penned at least thirty additional works which have not survived. Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.Contents:The KnightsThe AcharniansPeaceLysistrataThe CloudsThe WaspsThe BirdsThe FrogsThe Thesmophori… |
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