Aristophanes and Athens
Subtitle: an introduction to the plays
By: Douglas M. MacDowell.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
Subjects: Aristophanes -- Criticism and interpretation; Aristophanes -- Knowledge -- Athens (Greece); Greek drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism; Athens (Greece) -- Intellectual life; Athens (Greece) -- In literature
Description: "This book provides an accessible introduction to each of Aristophanes' plays, focusing particularly on their relationship to Athenian politics and life, and to the effect that Aristophanes hoped to have on his audience. All passages quoted from them are given in new verse translations, and readers do not need any knowledge of Greek. But scholarly problems are not ignored, and specialists will find here both new suggestions and summaries of different interpretations with recent bibliographical information in the notes."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.