The Eleven Comedies -Complete- (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781617205668)

Eleven of his 40 plays survive virtually complete. These plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and they are in fact used to define the genre. Also known as the Father of Comedy and the Prince of Ancient Comedy, Aristophanes has been said to recreate the life of ancient Athens more convincingly than any other author.

Author: Aristophanes Aristophanes
ISBN-10: 1617205664
ISBN-13: 9781617205668
Publisher: SMK Books
Language: English
Published: 01/06/2012
Pages: 414
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.92d