Aristophanes

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Aristophanes Frogs

Beschreibung

Among extant Greek comedies, the Frogs is unique for the light it throws on classical Greek attitudes to tragedy and to literature in general. It merits a much more extensive commentary than it has so far received, for the establishment of the text itself has rested for over a century on collations which were inadequate and inaccurate.

Autor

Aristophanes ( c. 446 - c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually complete. Also known as "The Father of Comedy", Aristophanes depicted the life of ancient Athens and ridiculed authority leading to a case of slander brought by Plato which led to Socrates' death. Aristophanes' second play,The Babylonians (now lost), was denounced too, this time by Cleon but details of any subsequent trial are unknown and Aristophanes went on to caricature Cleon in his later plays, especially in The Knights.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780198150053
• ISBN-10: 0198150059
• Artikelnr.: 21537211