Fragments
By: Aristophanes ; edited and translated by Jeffrey Henderson.
Contributors: Henderson, Jeffrey, 1946-
Series: Loeb classical library
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 559
ISBN-13: 9780674996151
Work titles: Selections.
Description: The eleven plays by Aristophanes that have come down to us intact brilliantly illuminate the eventful period spanned by his forty-year career, beginning with the first production in 427 BCE. But the Athenians knew much more of his work: over forty plays by Aristophanes were read in antiquity, of which nearly a thousand fragments survive. These provide a fuller picture of the poet's ever astonishing comic vitality and a wealth of information and insights about his world. Jeffrey Henderson's new widely acclaimed Loeb edition of Aristophanes is completed by this volume containing what survives from, and about, his lost plays, hitherto inaccessible to the non-specialist, and incorporating the enormous scholarly advances that have been achieved in recent years.

Each fragmentary play is prefaced by a summary of what can be inferred about its plot, characters, themes, theatricality, and topical significance. Also included in this edition are the ancient reports about Aristophanes' life, works, and influence on the later comic tradition. Jeffrey Henderson is William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of Greek Language and Literature at Boston University. He is General Editor of the Loeb Classical Library. -- Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Attributed fragments; title: Unattributed fragments; title: Dubiously attributed fragments.