Four Plays of Aristophanes: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780819129307 (0819129305)
Publish date: April 1st 1983
Publisher: University Press of America
Pages no: 311
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Humor,
Comedy,
Literature,
Cultural,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
Philosophy,
Greece,
Ancient,
Mythology
I don't always love Aristophanes; he can really cram the obscure contemporary references into his stuff, which makes it sortof impossible to get the jokes. But he makes a lot of fart jokes, too, and those are timeless.In order, the best of these plays:1) Lysistrata, by a long shot. The most origina...
Great plays, amazingly relevant even after over 2000 years. Sure, Aristophanes is a bit of a snob (and other things) but it wasn't too hard too overlook the occasional classicist dabbling. The translation by Arrowsmith was a bit too "modern" for me, but an American reader may be able to appreciate i...
I borrowed this book specifically to read Lysistrata. This one, I did find pretty amusing and I'd rate it a 3 star. I liked how the women forced men to submit through closing their legs. That had me giggling. Then I moved on to The Clouds. Oy vey. I wanted to smack the father and son in this o...
12 years ago
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