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Book Title: Socrates And Aristophanes
Number of Pages: 332 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Socrates and Aristophanes
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 1996
Item Height: 1 in
Subject: History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient & Classical
Item Weight: 17.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Drama, Philosophy
Item Length: 8.9 in
Author: Leo Strauss
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
