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The eleven comedies

Author

Aristophanes, ca. 448 B.C.-ca. 380 B.C.

Title

The eleven comedies / Aristophanes ; now for the first time literally and completely translated from the Greek tongue into English with translator's foreword, an introduction to each comedy and elucidatory notes.

Format

Book

Published

London : Printed for the Athenian Society [i.e. Charles Carrington], 1912.

Description

2 v. ; 27 cm.

Notes

Ms. note attributes publication to Charles Carrington. Includes indexes; v. 1, p. 387-392 and v. 2, p. 471-476. Drama. Poetry.

Contents

• v. 1. Translator's foreword. The knights. The acharnians. Peace. Lysistrata. The clouds
• v. 2. The wasps. The birds. The frogs. The thesmophoriazusæ, or, The women's festival. The ecclesiazusæ, or, Women in council. Plutus.

References

Mansell, NA0399357. BM, 1956-1966, v. 1, col. 866.

Kinsey subjects

Social conditions--Greece--Antiquity. War. Sex customs--Greece--Antiquity.

Subject headings

Greece.