GREEKENGLISH

Aristophanes: Birds

By Alan H. Sommerstein

Book information

Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Year
1987
ISBN
085668287X, 9780856682872
Language
greekenglish
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (6959135 bytes)
Series
Comedies of Aristophanes, vol. 6
Pages
311\166
Time added
2021-02-01 15:59:46

Description

Birds differs from all other surviving 5th-century Aristophanes plays in having no obvious connection with a topical question of public interest, whether political, literary-theatrical or intellectual-educational. It has plenty of topical & satirical content; in particular as Cuckooville begins to take shape. It proves in many ways to be a replica of Athens & is soon visited by many of the less desirable elements of the Athenian population. But satire is kept firmly subordinate to fantasy. As fantasy Birds has no rival in what we possess of Greek literature, until we reach Lucian nearly six centuries later. 1st published in 1987, current edition 1992. Parallel Greek text & English translation.

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