Aristophanes: Birds - Student Edition

Informationen zum 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. Klappentext Birds is generally recognized as one of Aristophanes' masterpieces! for its imaginative plot (it is the source of the word "Cloudcuckooland")! and its charming and original lyrics. This abridgment of Nan Dunbar's widely acclaimed edition of Birds! published in 1995! preserves all the material designed to help the less advanced student of Greek or the non-specialist to translate! understand! and enjoy the play. It also retains the notes on staging! but the metrical! textual! and ornithological problems are dealt with more summarily! and purely illustrative parallels are omitted. Zusammenfassung This is an abridgement of Nan Dunbar's 1995 Oxford edition of Birds, one of Aristophanes' masterpieces (and the source of the word 'Cloudcuckooland'). The introduction and notes retain all the material designed to help the less advanced student of Greek to understand, interpret, and enjoy the play. Aristophanes' references to birds are elucidated in the light of modern ornithological knowledge.

Product details

• Authors: ARISTOPHANES
• Assisted by: Nan Dunbar (Editor), Dunbar Nan (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.03.1998
• EAN: 9780198721772
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872177-2
• No. of pages: 552
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: plays and playwrights