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Acharnians, Knights, and Peace (Paperback)
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Acharnians, Knights, and Peace (Paperback)
Series: Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture
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Most readers nowadays encounter the plays of Aristophanes in the
classroom, not the theater. Yet the ""father of comedy"" wrote his
plays for the stage, not as literary texts. Many English
translations of the plays were written decades ago, and in their
outdated language they fail to capture the dramatic liveliness of
the original comedies. Here Michael Ewans offers new and lively
translations of three of Aristophanes' earliest surviving plays:
Acharnians, Knights, and Peace. While remaining faithful to the
original Greek, Ewans's translations are accessible to a modern
audience - and actable on stage. The first two plays in this
volume, Acharnians and Knights, satirize the Athenians for their
madness in continuing the Peloponnesian War. The third play, Peace,
celebrates the end to all the warmongering. This edition contains
all that a reader needs to understand these plays within a broader
context. In his comprehensive introduction, Ewans discusses
historical, political, and social aspects of Aristophanic comedy,
the conventions of Greek theater, and the challenges of translating
ancient Greek into modern English. In his theatrical commentaries,
Ewans draws on his own experience of directing the plays in a
replica of the original theater. In sceneby-scene analysis, he
provides insight into the major issues each play raises in
performance. The volume concludes with two glossaries - one of
proper names and the other of Greek terms - as well as a
bibliography that includes the most recent scholarship on
Aristophanic comedy. With its accessible format and design, this
book serves as a fitting companion to Ewans's recently published
edition of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, The Women's Festival, and
Frogs.
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