New Comedy: Women in Power; Wealth; The Malcontent; The Woman from Samos (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780413671806)

An essential book for students of Greek drama and literature: Aristophanes is widely regarded as one of Ancient Greece's foremost satirists - offering students of the period a unique insight into the world of Athens and its theatre

Written in the century following the defeat of Athens by the Spartans in the Peloponnesian War, these four plays signal a change of emphasis in stage comedy more appropriate to the new world order of the fourth century BC. Women in Power and Wealth complete the cycle of Aristophanes' extant plays begun in Aristophanes Plays: One and Two, translated by Kenneth McLeish and J Michael Walton. These editions provide full introductions; discussing the plays and placing them in their political and social context.Aristophanes was a unique writer for the comic stage as well as one of the most revealing about the society for which he wrote.

Author: Aristophanes,Menander
ISBN-10: 0413671801
ISBN-13: 9780413671806
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Language: English
Published: 03/14/1994
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.37w x 0.77d