Birds. Lysistrata. Women at the Thesmophoria by Aristophanes (English) Hardcover

Description: Birds. Lysistrata. Women at the Thesmophoria by Aristophanes, Jeffrey Henderson Aristophanes (c. 450 c. 386 BCE) has been admired since antiquity for his wit, fantasy, language, and satire. The protagonists of Birds create a utopian counter-Athens. In Lysistrata wives go on conjugal strike until their husbands end war. Women in Women at the Thesmophoria punish Euripides for portraying them as wicked. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Aristophanes (ca. 446–386 BCE), one of the worlds greatest comic dramatists, has been admired since antiquity for his iridescent wit and beguiling fantasy, exuberant language, and brilliant satire of the social, intellectual, and political life of Athens at its height. In this third volume of a new Loeb Classical Library edition of Aristophanes, Jeffrey Henderson presents a freshly edited Greek text and a lively, unexpurgated translation of three plays with full explanatory notes.In Birds Aristophanes turns from the pointed political satire characteristic of earlier plays to a fantasy that soars literally into the air in search of a carefree world. Here the enterprising protagonists create a utopian counter-Athens, called Cloudcuckooland, ruled by birds. Lysistrata blends boisterous comedy and an earnest call for peace. Lysistrata, our first comic heroine, organizes a panhellenic conjugal strike of young wives until their husbands end the war between Athens and Sparta. Athenian women again take center stage in Women at the Thesmophoria, this time to punish Euripides for portraying them as wicked. Parody of Euripides plots enlivens this witty confrontation of the sexes. Author Biography Jeffrey Henderson is William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of Greek Language and Literature, Emeritus, at Boston University. Table of Contents Birds Lysistrata Women At The Thesmophoria Index Details ISBN0674995872 Author Jeffrey Henderson Short Title BIRDS LYSISTRATA WOMEN AT THE Pages 624 Publisher Harvard University Press Series Loeb Classical Library Language English ISBN-10 0674995872 ISBN-13 9780674995871 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 882.01 Series Number 179 Year 2000 Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass Country of Publication United States Residence GR Birth 0448 Death 0385 Translator Jeffrey Henderson Translated from Greek DOI 10.1604/9780674995871 UK Release Date 2000-11-15 Imprint LOEB NZ Release Date 2000-11-15 US Release Date 2000-11-15 Illustrations Index Publication Date 2000-11-15 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 2000-11-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:133817599;

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