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Birds (Aristophanes//Comedies of Aristophanes) Hardcover - 1987

by Aristophanes


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Birds was produced at the City Dionysia in the spring of 414 BC. It differs from all the other fifth-century plays of Aristophanes that survive in having no strong and obvious connection with a topical question of public interest, whether political (like Acharnians, Knights, Wasps, Peace and Lysistrata), literary-theatrical (like Thesmophoriazusae and Frogs), or intellectual-educational (like Clouds). It has, indeed, in its own way, plenty of topical and satirical content: in particular, as the city of Cloudcuckooville begins to take shape, it proves in many ways to be a replica of Athens, and is soon visited by many of the less desirable elements of the Athenian population. But taking the play as a whole, satire is kept firmly subordinate to fantasy; and as fantasy Birds has no rival in what we possess of Greek literature, until we reach Lucian nearly six centuries later. Alan Sommerstein's celebrated edition, reprinted with revisions in 1991, presents the Greek text with facing-page translation, commentary and notes.

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  • Title Birds (Aristophanes//Comedies of Aristophanes)
  • Author Aristophanes
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition abridged edition
  • Publisher Aris & Phillips, Warminster
  • Date 1987
  • ISBN 9780856682872
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Wiltshire, England: Aris & Phillips Ltd, 1987. Hardcover. VG/VG (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.). Burgundy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; white dj with black lettering, orange illustration; xv, 311 pp. A comedy by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed in 414 BC at the City Dionysia where it won second place. It has been acclaimed by modern critics as a perfectly realized fantasy remarkable for its mimicry of birds and for the gaiety of its songs. Includes bibliographical references (pages viii-xv).
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