Aristophanes' Frogs 019532773X, 9780195327731

Aristophanes is widely credited with having elevated the classical art of comedy to the level of legitimacy and recognit

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Aristophanes' Frogs
019532773X, 9780195327731

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Among extant Greek comedies, the Frogs is unique for the light it throws on Classical Greek attitudes to tragedy and to

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A comedy about tragedy and a play about playmaking, Aristophanes’ Frogs (405 BCE) is perhaps the most popular of ancient

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This new comparative reading of Euripides' Bacchae and Aristophanes' Frogs sets the two plays squarely in thei

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This new comparative reading of Euripides' Bacchae and Aristophanes' Frogs sets the two plays squarely in thei

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Aristophanes's classic send-up of rivalry within the ultra-competitive world of fifth-century Athenian theatre wins

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This new comparative reading of Euripides’ Bacchae and Aristophanes’ Frogs sets the two plays squarely in their contempo

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From how a frog's life begins as a tadpole to the transformation into a webbed-footed amphibian, this title gives s

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