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 their contempo
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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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This is a commentary on Bacchae. It takes account of the great amount written on the play since then as well as the disc
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Aristophanes is widely credited with having elevated the classical art of comedy to the level of legitimacy and recognit
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Accessible introductions to ancient tragedies discuss the main themes of a play and the central developments in modern c
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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 book consists of two main, interrelated thematic units: the reception of Aeschylus' Dionysiac plays in Bacchae
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