Aristophanes
Subtitle: a study.
Publisher: Russell & Russell
Published: 1964
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Aristophanes
Notes: "First published in 1933. Reissued 1964."
Table of contents: title: Ancient Greek comedy : Aristophanes’ background (Daitales, Babylonians, Acharnians) -- Cleon (Knights, Peace) -- The jury courts (Wasps) -- The new learning : Socrates (Clouds) -- Literature: Euripides (Acharnians, Thesmophoriazusae, Frogs) -- The plays of escape (Birds) -- The last effort for peace (Lysistrata) -- The beginning of the fourth century (Ecclesiazusae) -- The Plutus and after : Aristophanes and the ancient critics -- Menander, and the transformation of comedy -- Chronological table.