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Aristophanes - The Wasps, The Poet and the Women & The Frogs (Penguin Classics) - 9780140441529 - KTG0009951
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The Wasps, The Poet and the Women & The Frogs (Penguin Classics)

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Description for The Wasps, The Poet and the Women & The Frogs (Penguin Classics) Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on FFEP.
The master of ancient Greek comic drama, Aristophanes combined slapstick, humour and cheerful vulgarity with acute political observations. In "The Frogs", written during the Peloponnesian War, Dionysus descends to the Underworld to bring back a poet who can help Athens in its darkest hour, and stages a great debate to help him decide between the traditional wisdom of Aeschylus and the brilliant modernity of Euripides. The clash of generations and values is also the object of Aristophanes' satire in "The Wasps", in which an old-fashioned father and his loose-living son come to blows and end up in court. And in ... Read more

Product Details

Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140441529
SKU
KTG0009951
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

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