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Aristophanes: Frogs and Other Plays: A New Verse Translation, with Introduction and Notes
Aristophanes: Frogs and Other Plays: A New Verse Translation, with Introduction and Notes

Aristophanes: Frogs and Other Plays: A New Verse Translation, with Introduction and Notes

Author: 
Aristophanes; Stephen Halliwell
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  • A vibrant verse translation of three key works from one of the most original playwrights in the entire Western tradition
  • Combines historical accuracy with a sensitive attempt to capture the rich dramatic and literary qualities of Aristophanic comedy
  • Features comprehensive introductions to each play, as well as detailed explanatory notes
  • Includes an appendix containing information and selected fragments from the lost plays of Aristophanes

  
Aristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy, an exuberant form of festival drama which flourished in Athens during the fifth century BC. One of the most original playwrights in the entire Western tradition, his comedies are remarkable for their brilliant combination of fantasy and satire, their constantly inventive manipulation of language, and their use of absurd characters and plots to expose his society's institutions and values to the bracing challenge of laughter. 
   
This vibrant collection of verse translations of Aristophanes' works combines historical accuracy with a sensitive attempt to capture the rich dramatic and literary qualities of Aristophanic comedy. The volume presents Clouds, with its famous caricature of the philosopher Socrates; Women at the Thesmophoria (or Thesmophoriazusae), a work which mixes elaborate parody of tragedy with a great deal of transvestite burlesque; and Frogs, in which the dead tragedians Aeschylus and Euripides engage in a vituperative contest of 'literary criticism' of each other's plays. Featuring expansive introductions to each play and detailed explanatory notes, the volume also includes an illuminating appendix, which provides information and selected fragments from the lost plays of Aristophanes.

Index: 

Preface
Introduction
Aristophanes' Career in Context
Old Comedy and Dionysiac Festivity
The Dynamics of Fantasy
Formality and Performance
Satire and Seriousness
Translating Aristophanes
Stage Directions
Aristophanes and Posterity
Note on the Translation
Select Bibliography
Chronology
Clouds
Women at the Thesmophoria
Frogs
Appendix: The Lost Plays of Aristophanes
Notes
Index of Names

About the author: 

Aristophanes
Stephen Halliwell, University of St. Andrews
  
Stephen Halliwell is Professor of Greek and Wardlaw Professor of Classics at the University of St Andrews. He has taught in the universities of Oxford, London, Cambridge, and Birmingham, and held visiting professorships in Belgium, Canada, Italy, and the USA. His extensive publications on Greek literature, philosophy, and culture include two prize-winning books: Greek Laughter: A Study of Cultural Psychology from Homer to Early Christianity (Criticos Prize 2008), and The Aesthetics of Mimesis: Ancient Texts and Modern Problems (Premio Europeo d'Estetica, 2008). His book Between Ecstasy and Truth: Interpretations of Greek Poetics from Homer to Longinus was published by Oxford University Press in 2011. He is a Fellow of both the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

"It would be hard to find a better companion to Aristophanes, for classicists but perhaps especially for the general reader Altogether a fine effort, to be recommended for all classes of reader." - Colin McDonald, Classics for All
  

"Halliwell pairs his fluency in rendering verse with deftness at capturing the complexities of Aristophanes' language, which gives his translations particular verve." - The Classical Journal

Product details

ISBN : 9780192824097

Author: 
Aristophanes; Stephen Halliwell
Pages
400 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
129 x 196 mm
Pub date
Nov 2016
Series
Oxford World's Classics
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Aristophanes: Frogs and Other Plays: A New Verse Translation, with Introduction and Notes

Aristophanes: Frogs and Other Plays: A New Verse Translation, with Introduction and Notes

Aristophanes: Frogs and Other Plays: A New Verse Translation, with Introduction and Notes