Aristophanes: Peace - Greek text with Introduction and Commentary (Hardcover, Revised)

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. Olson's edition of the play, which replaces Platnauer's of 1969, is based on a complete new collation of the manuscripts, many of which have never been adequately reported before. The extensive commentary explores matters of all sorts, but 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.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 1998
First published:	December 1998
Authors:	Aristophanes
Editors:	S. Douglas Olson (Associate Professor)
Dimensions:	224 x 145 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	404
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-814081-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	0-19-814081-9
Barcode:	9780198140818

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