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by Aristophanes (Author), D. Barrett (Translator) "[The scene opens just before dawn ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New impression edition (28 May 1970)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140441522
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140441529
  • Product Dimensions: 19.5 x 12.8 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 239,876 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The master of ancient Greek comic drama, Aristophanes combined slapstick, humour and cheerful vulgarity with acute political observations. In "The Frogs", written during the Peloponnesian War, Dionysus descends to the Underworld to bring back a poet who can help Athens in its darkest hour, and stages a great debate to help him decide between the traditional wisdom of Aeschylus and the brilliant modernity of Euripides. The clash of generations and values is also the object of Aristophanes' satire in "The Wasps", in which an old-fashioned father and his loose-living son come to blows and end up in court. And in "The Poet and the Women", Euripides, accused of misogyny persuades a relative to infiltrate an all-women festival to find out whether revenge is being plotted against him. In his introduction, David Barrett discusses the Athenian dramatic contests in which these plays first appeared, and conventions of Greek comedy - from its poetic language and the role of the Chorus to casting and costumes.

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I studied 'Wasps' and 'Frogs' for seventh form Classical studies this year and they're really, really funny. I think this edition is good because the footnotes are excellent, the introduction is good, and because the translation is relatively recent (1970?) and in quite simple language, these plays are good to study at school because the majority of people understand what's going on. Also, the humour in these plays hasn't faded at all even though they were written in approximately 400BC. These plays can be studied at either a simple level (discussing what types of humour are used etc) or at a more complex level (where you get into all the issues surrounding the plays: war with Sparta, generation gap, inefficiency of the jury system etc...).
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