Aristophanes: Acharnians, Knights, Wasps, Peace: A Verse Translation, with Introductions and Notes

by Halliwell and Stephen Halliwell

Aristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy, an exuberant form of festival drama which flourished in Athens during the fifth century BC. One of the most original playwrights in the entire Western tradition, his comedies are remarkable for their brilliant combination of fantasy and satire, their constantly inventive manipulation of language, and their use of absurd characters and plots to expose his society's institutions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198149956
• ISBN13: 9780198149958
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.8"