Acharnians. Knights
«It is accordingly a pleasure to note the appearance of the first of what will be four new Loeb volumes of Aristophanes… this is an important edition of a major Greek author and an absolute ‘must-buy’ for all college and university libraries.»
S. Douglas Olson, Classical World
Aristophanes of Athens (ca. 446-386 BCE), one of the world's 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. Les mer
The general introduction that begins Volume I reviews Aristophanes' career and brings current scholarly insights to bear on the intriguing question of the comic poet as a political force. In Acharnians a small landowner, tired of the Peloponnesian War, magically arranges a personal peace treaty and, borrowing a disguise from Euripides, demonstrates the injustice of the war in a contest with the bellicose Acharnians. Also in this volume is Knights, perhaps the most biting satire of a political figure (Cleon) ever written.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- LOEB
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780674995673
- Utgivelsesår
- 1998
- Format
- 16 x 11 cm
- Priser
- Winner of Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit 2001.
Anmeldelser
«It is accordingly a pleasure to note the appearance of the first of what will be four new Loeb volumes of Aristophanes… this is an important edition of a major Greek author and an absolute ‘must-buy’ for all college and university libraries.»
S. Douglas Olson, Classical World
«Henderson’s translation keeps close to the Greek, but successfully manages to indicate something of Aristophanes’ linguistic diversity; it has been carried off with admirable crispness… A highly welcome addition to the Loeb Library.»
Stephen Halliwell, Greece and Rome
«Henderson’s sound texts and plain translations give us exactly the Aristophanes we need: a reliable prose waiting to be quickened into poetic life by the reader’s imagination, laughter, and amazement.»
Donald Lyons, New Criterion