The birds and other plays
Aristophanes2003
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Included in this collection are 'The Birds', the most graceful of Aristophanes' plays; 'The Knights', a satire on Cleon, an Athenian demagogue; 'Peace', which was inspired by the hope of peace with Sparta in 421 BC; 'The Assembly Women', about sexual equality; and 'Wealth', a reflection on economic catastrophe.
Main title:
The birds and other plays / Aristophanes ; translated with introductory matter by David Barrett and Alan H. Sommerstein.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2003.
Collation:
336 p. ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
This translation originally published: Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1978.Includes bibliographical references (p. 336).Translated from the Ancient Greek.
Contents:
Contents: The knights - Peace - The birds - The assemblywomen - Wealth.
ISBN:
9780140449518 (pbk)
Dewey class:
882.01
Language:
EnglishGreek, Ancient (to 1453)
BRN:
129886