TY - BOOK AU - Aristophanes AU - Demetrakopoulos,Polyvios TI - Βάτραχοι AV - PA PY - 2008/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Comedy plays KW - Voyages to the otherworld -- Drama KW - Dionysus (Greek deity) -- Drama KW - Playwriting -- Drama KW - Dramatists -- Drama N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frogs Wikipedia page about this book: https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%B9_(%CE%BA%CF%89%CE%BC%CF%89%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B1); Release date is 2008-12-31; Produced by Sophia Canoni. Book provided by Iason Konstantinides; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Βάτραχοι" by Aristophanes is a comedy performed in 405 BC. The god Dionysus, troubled by the decline of tragic theater after Euripides' death, journeys to the underworld with his slave Xanthias to revive the playwright. Their comic adventure leads them through encounters with angry spirits and mistaken identities. At Pluto's palace, Dionysus must judge a fierce debate between Euripides and Aeschylus for the throne of tragic drama. The play blends irreverent humor with sharp literary criticism, examining poetry's role in Athenian civic life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27668 ER -