Aristophanes: Peace
«first-rate commentary, which should last for generations.»
Classical Wolrd
Aristophanes' Peace was performed at the City Dionysia in Athens in 421 BC as a decade-long war with Sparta seemed finally to be drawing to an end, and is one of only eleven extant plays by the greatest Old Comic poet. Les mer
it focuses in particular on the realities of day-to-day life in classical Athens and also examines the practical problems of staging. The substantial introduction includes essays on Aristophanes' early career, the politics of the Greek world in the late 420s, and the poet's theology.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780198140818
- Utgivelsesår
- 1998
- Format
- 22 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
«first-rate commentary, which should last for generations.»
Classical Wolrd
«a superb full-scale edition and commentary»
Classical World
«finally offers the up-to-date scholarly edition of the play that we have needed for so long»
Classical Journal