by Aristophanes (Author), StephenHalliwell (Translator)
Aristophanes' plays were produced for the festival theatre of classical Athens in the fifth century BC and were remarkable for encompassing the whole gamut of humour, from brilliantly inventive fantasy to obscene vulgarity. This translation of Aristophanes' comedies makes available one of the world's great comic dramatists.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 297
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 18 Sep 1997
ISBN 10: 019814993X
ISBN 13: 9780198149934