02444cam a22003493u 45000010005000000030007000050050017000120060002000290070005000310080041000360400011000770410017000880500007001051000037001122450034001492640051001833000047002343360026002813370026003073380036003335000086003695000031004555050097004865080093005835201185006765340045018616530017019066530054019236530029019776530046020068560042020528689UtSlPG20260610133225.0mcr n260607r2005||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPA1 aAristophanes,d447? BCE-386? BCE14aThe Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2005  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWith Translator's Foreword, an Introduction to each Comedy, and Elucidatory Notes  aRelease date is 2005-08-010 aThe wasps -- The birds -- The frogs -- The Thesmophoriazusae -- The Ecclesiazusae -- Plutus.  aProduced by Jonathan Ingram, Thomas Berger, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team  a"The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2" by Aristophanes is a collection of comedic plays, written during the classical period of ancient Greece. This volume includes translations of several of Aristophanes' notable works, with a focus on satire directed at various aspects of Athenian life and society, particularly highlighting the absurdities of legal proceedings and social customs through clever characters and engaging plots.  The opening portion of the volume introduces "The Wasps," one of Aristophanes' comedies, which centers around Philocleon, an elderly man obsessed with his role as a juryman, and his son, Bdelycleon, who wishes to help him abandon this unhealthy obsession. Bdelycleon's attempts to keep his father from attending the courts lead to humorous escapades, including Philocleon's ludicrous efforts to escape imprisonment in their home. The opening part sets the stage for a vivid exploration of the comical struggles between father and son, the farcical elements of their conflict, and Aristophanes' pointed commentary on the Athenian judicial system and the obsession with litigation that characterized his society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aComedy plays  aGreek drama (Comedy) -- Translations into English  aAthens (Greece) -- Drama  aAristophanes -- Translations into English40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8689