Sunday, December 22, 2013

Casina, Amphitryon, Captivi, Pseudolus: Four Plays (Focus Classical Library)

Casina, Amphitryon, Captivi, Pseudolus
Casina, Amphitryon, Captivi, Pseudolus: Four Plays (Focus Classical Library)
Plautus (Author), David Christenson (Translator)

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This anthology contains English translations of four plays by one of the best practitioners of Roman comedy, Plautus. The plays Casina, Amphitryon, Captivi and Pseudolus provide an introduction to the world of Roman comedy. As with all Focus translations, the emphasis is on a handsomely produced, inexpensive, readable edition that is close to the original, with an extensive introduction, notes and appendices.

  • Rank: #670777 in Books
  • Published on: 2008-02-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 8.58" h x 5.83" w x .71" l, .79 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 272 pages

Friday, December 20, 2013

The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume 2: Sophocles

The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume 2
The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume 2: Sophocles
Sophocles (Author), David Grene (Editor), Richmond Lattimore (Editor)
4.7 out of 5 stars(7)

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The Grene and Lattimore edition of the Greek tragedies has been among the most widely acclaimed and successful publications of the University of Chicago Press. On the occasion of the Centennial of the University of Chicago and its Press, we take pleasure in reissuing this complete work in a handsome four-volume slipcased edition as well as in redesigned versions of the familiar paperbacks.

For the Centennial Edition two of the original translations have been replaced. In the original publication David Grene translated only one of the three Theban plays, Oedipus the King. Now he has added his own translations of the remaining two, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone, thus bringing a new unity of tone and style to this group. Grene has also revised his earlier translation of Prometheus Bound and rendered some of the former prose sections in verse. These new translations replace the originals included in the paperback volumes Sophocles I (which contains all three Theban plays), Aeschylus II, Greek Tragedies, Volume I, and Greek Tragedies, Volume III, all of which are now being published in second editions.

All other volumes contain the translations of the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides for the most part from the original versions first published in the 1940s and 1950s. These translations have been the choice of generations of teachers and students, selling in the past forty years over three million copies.

  • Rank: #853749 in Books
  • Published on: 1992-08-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 9.17" h x 6.34" w x 1.50" l, 1.70 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 472 pages

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Euripides: Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus

Euripides
Euripides: Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus
Euripides (Author), Diane Arnson Svarlien (Translator)
3.0 out of 5 stars(1)

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This new volume of three of Euripides' most celebrated plays offers graceful, economical, metrical translations that convey the wide range of effects of the playwright's verse, from the idiomatic speech of its dialogue to the high formality of its choral odes.

  • Rank: #124212 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-09-07
  • Original language: English
  • Dimensions: 8.11" h x 5.16" w x .0" l, .65 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 205 pages

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Medieval English Drama

Medieval English
Medieval English Drama
Katie Normington (Author)

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Medieval English Drama provides a fresh introduction to the dramatic and festive practices of England in the late Middle Ages. The book places particular emphasis on the importance of the performance contexts of these events, bringing to life a period before permanent theatre buildings when performances took place in a wide variety of locations and had to fight to attract and maintain the attention of an audience. Showing the interplay between dramatic and everyday life, the book covers performances in convents, churches, parishes, street processions and parades, and in particular distinguishes between modes of outdoor and indoor performance.

Katie Normington aids the reader to a fuller understanding of these early English dramatic practices by explaining the significance of the place of performance, the particularities of spectatorship for each event and how the conventions of the form of drama were manipulated to address its reception. Audiences considered range from cloistered members, congregations and parish members to urban citizens, nobles and royalty.

Undergraduate students of literature of this period will find this an approachable and illuminating guide.

  • Rank: #1010378 in Books
  • Published on: 2009-05-11
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 8.66" h x 5.83" w x .59" l, .65 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 256 pages

Monday, December 16, 2013

Euripides, Volume III. Suppliant Women. Electra. Heracles (Loeb Classical Library No. 9)

Euripides Volume
Euripides, Volume III. Suppliant Women. Electra. Heracles (Loeb Classical Library No. 9)
Euripides (Author), David Kovacs (Translator)

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One of antiquity's greatest poets, Euripides (ca. 485-406 BCE) has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, surprising plot twists, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. Here, in the third volume of a new edition that is receiving much praise, are four of his plays.

Suppliant Women reflects on war and on the rule of law. Euripides's Electra--presenting the famous legend of a brother and sister who seek revenge on their mother for killing their father--is a portrayal interestingly different from that of Aeschylus or Sophocles. Heracles shows the malice of the gods--and mutual loyalty as the human response to divinely sent disaster.

David Kovacs gives us a freshly edited Greek text and a new translation that, in the words of Greece and Rome, is "close to the Greek and reads fluently and well."

  • Rank: #372951 in Books
  • Published on: 1998-09-01
  • Released on: 1998-10-01
  • Format: Unabridged
  • Original language: Ancient Greek
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 6.65" h x 4.65" w x .83" l, .67 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 464 pages

Friday, December 13, 2013

Aglaia: The Poetry of Alcman, Sappho, Pindar, Bacchylides, and Corinna (Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches)

Aglaia
Aglaia: The Poetry of Alcman, Sappho, Pindar, Bacchylides, and Corinna (Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches)
Charles Segal (Author)

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In this landmark collection of essays, renowned classicist Charles Segal offers detailed analyses of major texts from archaic and early classical Greek poetry; in particular, works of Alcman, Mimnermus, Sappho, Pindar, Bacchylides, and Corinna. Segal provides close readings of the texts, and then studies the literary form and language of early Greek lyric, the poets' conception of their aims and their art, the use of mythical paradigms, and the relation of the poems to their social context. A recurrent theme is the recognition of the fragility and brevity of mortal happiness and the consciousness of how the immortality conferred by poetry resists the ever-threatening presence of death and oblivion, fixing in permanent form the passing moments of joy and beauty. This is an essential book for students and scholars of ancient Greek poetry.

  • Rank: #450627 in eBooks
  • Published on: 1997-11-28
  • Released on: 2013-11-18
  • Format: Kindle eBook

Thursday, December 12, 2013

The Actor's Book of Classical Monologues: More Than 150 Selections From the Golden Age of Greek Drama, The Age of Shakespeare, The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century

The Actor's Book of Classical Monologues
The Actor's Book of Classical Monologues: More Than 150 Selections From the Golden Age of Greek Drama, The Age of Shakespeare, The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century
Various (Author), Stefan Rudnicki (Compiler, Introduction)
5.0 out of 5 stars(2)

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A challenging, wide-ranging collection of monologues from history’s greatest dramatic works

From the stately and poetic Greek tragedies to the lively, bawdy Restoration comedies, the classical repertoire is a treasure trove of often-overlooked materials for male and female, young and old. The solo pieces collected here vary widely in mood, style, and level of challenge; they include a generous supply of Shakespeare and his contemporaries; and they’re fleshed out with brief plot synopses and valuable historical material. Stefan Rudnicki, an accomplished actor, director, and teacher, also provides practical tips on preparing each scene for audition or performance. Among the playwrights whose works are included are:

Aeschylus
Sophocles
Euridipes
Aristophanes
Shakespeare
Tourneur
Kyd
Middleton
Jonson
Sheridan
Dryden
Congreve

Aand many others.

  • Rank: #692614 in Books
  • Published on: 1988-10-06
  • Released on: 1988-10-06
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 7.76" h x 5.00" w x .75" l, .60 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 314 pages

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Bakkhai (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)

Bakkhai Greek
Bakkhai (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
Euripides (Author), Reginald Gibbons (Translator), Charles Segal (Introduction)
4.7 out of 5 stars(3)

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Regarded by many as Euripides' masterpiece, Bakkhai is a powerful examination of religious ecstasy and the resistance to it. A call for moderation, it rejects the temptation of pure reason as well as pure sensuality, and is a staple of Greek tragedy, representing in structure and thematics an exemplary model of the classic tragic elements.

Disguised as a young holy man, the god Bacchus arrives in Greece from Asia proclaiming his godhood and preaching his orgiastic religion. He expects to be embraced in Thebes, but the Theban king, Pentheus, forbids his people to worship him and tries to have him arrested. Enraged, Bacchus drives Pentheus mad and leads him to the mountains, where Pentheus' own mother, Agave, and the women of Thebes tear him to pieces in a Bacchic frenzy.

Gibbons, a prize-winning poet, and Segal, a renowned classicist, offer a skilled new translation of this central text of Greek tragedy.

  • Rank: #631759 in Books
  • Published on: 2001-02-22
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 7.80" h x 5.00" w x .39" l, .40 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 160 pages

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Flederzeit - Riss in der Gegenwart (Zeitreise-Roman): 2 (German Edition)

Flederzeit - Riss in der Gegenwart (Zeitreise-Roman)
Flederzeit - Riss in der Gegenwart (Zeitreise-Roman): 2 (German Edition)
Maria G. Noel (Author), Runa Winacht (Author)

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Teil 2

Matthias erscheinen seine Erlebnisse in der Vergangenheit inzwischen nur noch wie ein schöner Traum, Ausgeburt seiner überschäumenden Phantasie. Er hat sich mit seinem realen Leben arrangiert und findet, es könnte so bleiben. Wenn da nicht der Verlag wäre, der sein Manuskript angenommen hat und als Buch herausbringen will. Bedingung jedoch: Teil Zwei muss folgen. Und das möglichst schnell.

Aber genau da liegt der Hase im Pfeffer: Was Matthias auch probiert, er ist total blockiert. Irgendwann gibt er seinen Widerstand auf und geht in die Hütte zurück, um dort in Schreibfluss zu kommen. Doch statt Inspiration findet er auf dem Berg den mittelalterlichten Kittel, die Hose – und seine Digitalkamera.

Das bringt die Wende, denn gegen die Fotos von Mila und Ilya helfen keine vernünftigen Argumente mehr: Was er aufgeschrieben hat, hat er zuvor erlebt.

Jetzt nur noch versessen darauf, die beiden wiederzusehen, geht Matthias in die Höhle, auf der Suche nach den bissigen Fledermäusen.
Was er aber vorfindet, als er tatsächlich einen Weg in die Vergangenheit findet, verschlägt ihm den Atem …

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  • Published on: 2013-12-08
  • Released on: 2013-12-08
  • Format: Kindle eBook

Monday, December 9, 2013

The Iliad and the Odyssey

The Iliad
The Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer (Author)
3.6 out of 5 stars(21)

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The Iliad: Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and despair, and honor and glory. The recent major motion picture Helen of Troy staring Brad Pitt proves that this epic is as relevant today as it was twenty five hundred years ago when it was first written. So journey back to the Trojan War with Homer and relive the grandest adventure of all times. The Odyssey: Journey with Ulysses as he battles to bring his victorious, but decimated, troops home from the Trojan War, dogged by the wrath of the god Poseidon at every turn. Having been away for twenty years, little does he know what awaits him when he finally makes his way home. These two books are some of the most import books in the literary cannon, having influenced virtually every adventure tale ever told. And yet they are still accessible and immediate and now you can have both in one binding.

  • Rank: #294554 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-03-23
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 5.91" h x 8.86" w x 1.18" l, 1.88 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 468 pages

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King)

Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King)
Sophocles (Author), E. H. Plumptre (Translator)

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The first drama in the Oedipus Trilogy, "Oedipus Rex", is the tragic tale of Oedipus who has accidentally killed his father and married his mother. One of the most widely read of all Greek tragedies, "Oedipus Rex", stands as one of not only the greatest dramas from classical antiquity but as one of the greatest dramas of all time. Its influence on literature and theatre cannot be overstated and it is as compelling today as when it was first performed.

  • Rank: #90367 in eBooks
  • Published on: 2009-12-05
  • Released on: 2009-12-05
  • Format: Kindle eBook
  • Number of items: 1

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Guarding the Thief's Heart

Guarding the
Guarding the Thief's Heart
Noel Maczko (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars(1)

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In a Medieval kingdom ruled by an iron fisted king, there lives twenty-three-old Ryan Bennett and his sister, Ara. Since their parents died and their older brother, Axel, left, Ryan has been looking after his sister. For the last seven years it's just been the two of them and they're struggling to get by. Ryan resorts to stealing food and money just so he and Ara can survive. One day while trying to steal money from the king, Ryan is caught by the captain of the royal guard, Adam. To their surprise, they find themselves attracted to each other and it isn't long until they fall in love.

Ryan wants to be with Adam, but if anyone finds out about their relationship, they will be burned at the stake. Ryan is afraid of what would happen to Ara if he was killed and there was no one to look after her. When the king catches Ryan and Adam together, they go on the run for their lives. What will they sacrifice for each other? Will it be worth it?

Now it's up to Ara and Adam' sister, Everill, to help them. This time Ara has to protect her brother.

Meanwhile, the youngest princess, Letty, befriends a former pirate and dreams of one day running away to live a life of freedom on the sea. Letty makes a deal with Seth to pay for his wedding if he helps her escape. But Seth has a connection to Ryan and Ara and when he learns the news of what has happened, their plans are derailed.

With everyone living in fear of the king, can they find the strength to fight for what they want? Or will they be forced to give up their own lives to save someone else?

  • Rank: #96242 in eBooks
  • Published on: 2013-12-03
  • Released on: 2013-12-03
  • Format: Kindle eBook

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Aeschylus: The Oresteia (Landmarks of World Literature (New))

Aeschylus
Aeschylus: The Oresteia (Landmarks of World Literature (New))
Simon Goldhill (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars(4)

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Simon Goldhill focuses on the play's themes--justice, sexual politics, violence, and the role of man in ancient Greek culture--in this general introduction to Aeschylus' Oresteia, one of the most important and influential of all Greek dramas. After exploring how Aeschylus constructs a myth for the city in which he lived, a final chapter considers the influence of the Oresteia on more contemporary theater. The volume's organized structure and guide to further reading will make it an invaluable reference for students and teachers. First Edition Hb (1992): 0-521-40293-X First Edition Pb (1992): 0-521-40853-9

  • Rank: #837573 in eBooks
  • Published on: 2004-01-19
  • Released on: 1992-09-25
  • Format: Kindle eBook

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Theban Plays

Theban Plays
Theban Plays
Sophocles (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars(3)

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This volume offers the fruits of Peter Meineck and Paul WoodruffÂ’s dynamic collaboration on the plays of SophoclesÂ’ Theban cycle, presenting the translatorsÂ’ Oedipus Tyrannus (2000) along with WoodruffÂ’s Antigone (2001) and a muscular new Oedipus at Colonus by Meineck. Grippingly readable, all three translations combine fidelity to the Greek with concision, clarity, and powerful, hard-edged speech. Each play features foot-of-the-page notes, stage directions, and line numbers to the Greek. WoodruffÂ’s Introduction discusses the playwright, Athenian theatre and performance, the composition of the plays, and the plots and characters of each; it also offers thoughtful reflections on major critical interpretations of these plays.

  • Rank: #256857 in Books
  • Brand: NA
  • Published on: 2003-03-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: .55 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 256 pages
  • NA

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Aias (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)

Aias Greek
Aias (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
Sophocles (Author), Herbert Golder (Translator), Richard Pevear (Translator)
4.5 out of 5 stars(6)

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Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated Greek tragedies, the Greek Tragedy in New Translation series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. Under the general editorship of Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro, each volume includes a critical introduction, commentary on the text, full stage directions, and a glossary of the mythical and geographical references in the plays.
Brought boldly to life by Herbert Golder and Richard Pevear's translation and contextualized by Herbert Golder's eloquent introduction, this early Sophoclean tragedy tells the story of the Homeric hero better known as Ajax, who was second only to Achilles among the Greek warriors. In Greek tradition, Aias figures as the archaic warrior who dies in shame after his betrayal by the Greeks. Sophocles turns tradition inside out, portraying Aias' suicide not as a disgrace but as heroism. He endows Aias suicide with a meaning radically different from previous versions of the Aias myth--Aias is not the hero whom time has passed by, but rather the man who steps beyond time. Most previous versions and interpretations have equivocated over Sophocles' bold vision. This edition of Aias translates precisely that transformation of the hero from the bygone figure to the man who transcends time.

  • Rank: #613661 in Books
  • Published on: 1999-05-06
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 7.80" h x 5.20" w x .24" l, .22 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 112 pages

Friday, November 15, 2013

Sheylah und die Zwillingsschlussel (Neuauflage) (German Edition)

Sheylah und
Sheylah und die Zwillingsschlussel (Neuauflage) (German Edition)
Lolaca Manhisse (Author)

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Seit dem Tod ihrer Mutter wird die 21-Jährige Sheylah von sonderbaren Träumen heimgesucht. Noch ahnt sie nicht, dass deren Tod und die Erbschaft ihres Schlüssels miteinander zusammenhängen. Und erst, als sie eines Morgens in einer anderen Welt erwacht, gesteht sie sich ein, dass die Magie und Gefahren realer sind, als ihr lieb ist. Als letzte Überlebende der königlichen Familie und Trägerin des magischen Schlüssels muss sie sich dem Dunkelsten aller Herrscher stellen, wobei ihr neue und treue Freunde zur Seite stehen. Nur ihr geheimnisvoller und unnahbar wirkender Beschützer verschließt sich ihr, denn er birgt ein dunkles und unglaubliches Geheimnis.

Ein packender Liebesroman, voller Magie, Spannung und Gefahr.

  • Rank: #1201373 in eBooks
  • Published on: 2013-11-13
  • Released on: 2013-11-13
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Theatre in the Round: The Staging of Cornish Medieval Drama

Theatre in the Round
Theatre in the Round: The Staging of Cornish Medieval Drama
Sydney Higgins (Author)

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The important and rich collection of medieval plays from Cornwall has, in the past, been all but ignored by the majority of drama historians and critics. In this book, Sydney Higgins shows why this is a mistaken and ill-informed view. The oldest of the three surviving manuscripts is the Cornish Cycle - performed on three consecutive days - that is probably the earliest surviving British drama script. Next is 'Buenans Meriasek' ('The Life of St. Meriasek') that is the only full-length medieval saint's play to have survived in the literature of Great Britain. The last of the three, 'The Creation of the World' is the first day of another Biblical play. In the manuscript of the Cornish Cycle, there is a plan of the theatre for each of the three days and there are two similar ones in 'St. Meriasek'. Apart from these five, the only other other plan of a British medieval theatre that has survived is of 'The Castle of Perseverance'. Like those for the Cornish plays, it is circular. Among the many important conclusions in the detailed and meticulously researched examination of the staging of the Cornish plays is that the medieval circular theatres are far more likely to have been the inspiration for the circular theatres of Shakespeare's age than the highly unlikely notion that their origin arose from a pageant waggon being parked in a rectangular inn yard. * * * This reviewer found of particular interest Sydney Higgins's lucid reconstruction of the playing in the round. 'Theatre Research International'. vol. 26, no. 1, p.117 Insightful scrutiny of staging ... a full and detailed analysis. 'European Medieval Drama - 2', Brepols, p.200.

  • Rank: #13607541 in Books
  • Published on: 2013-10-31
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 192 pages

The Legendary Triune Uncharted Vessels (2)

The Legendary
The Legendary Triune Uncharted Vessels (2)
Jerrod Warr (Author), Jay Jong (Illustrator)

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It was supposed to be an ordinary excursion. The celebrated trio of Jerax, Madaeus, and Brinehorn would sail to the land of floating ice, rendezvous with Emika, and return to Lunar. The plan seemed so simple... until treachery altered everything. In this second installment of The Legendary Triune, reality is a shifting enigma. Beyond the borders of the Lunar Kingdom, eyes will open to entirely new realms, characters, and obstacles. Experience the world’s lore, unravel its cryptic history, and decipher the uncharted vessels. As you journey with the adventurers to the surprising end, no one will be the same.

  • Rank: #293607 in eBooks
  • Published on: 2013-11-05
  • Released on: 2013-11-05
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Thursday, November 7, 2013

The Legendary Triune (1)

The Legendary
The Legendary Triune (1)
Jerrod Warr (Author), Jay Jong (Illustrator)
5.0 out of 5 stars(3)

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Fear, anger, hopeless, doubt... These debilitating emotions are rapidly reviving the King of Undead. When annihilation falls upon Lunar’s last army, the kingdom will turn to three unlikely heroes. To stand any chance against the Demon King and his hordes, this trio will embark on a journey to locate Lunar’s “Legendary Triune.” Will their intelligence, intuition, and determination be enough to overcome traps, riddles, minions, civil discord, betrayal, and the Greatest Threat the kingdom has ever known? The world is about to find out.

  • Rank: #179299 in eBooks
  • Published on: 2013-11-05
  • Released on: 2013-11-05
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

The Birds and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)

The Birds
The Birds and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
Aristophanes (Author), David Barrett (Translator), Alan Sommerstein (Translator)
4.5 out of 5 stars(2)

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The plays in this volume all contain Aristophanes' trademark bawdy comedy and dazzling verbal agility. In The Birds, two frustrated Athenians join the birds to build the utopian city of 'Much Cuckoo in the Clouds'. The Knights is a venomous satire on Cleon, a prominent Athenian demagogue, while The Assembly Women deals with the battle of the sexes as the women of Athens infiltrate the all-male Assembly in disguise. The lengthy conflict with Sparta is the subject of Peace, inspired by the hope of a settlement in 421 BC, and Wealth reflects on the economic catastrophe that hit Athens after the war.

  • Rank: #177948 in Books
  • Published on: 2003-10-28
  • Released on: 2003-10-28
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 7.60" h x 4.96" w x .59" l, .10 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 336 pages