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100 1 _aAristophanes,
_d447? BCE-386? BCE
245 1 4 _aThe Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWith Translator's Foreword, an Introduction to each Comedy, and Elucidatory Notes
500 _aRelease date is 2005-08-01
505 0 _aThe wasps -- The birds -- The frogs -- The Thesmophoriazusae -- The Ecclesiazusae -- Plutus.
508 _aProduced by Jonathan Ingram, Thomas Berger, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
520 _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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aComedy plays
653 _aGreek drama (Comedy) -- Translations into English
653 _aAthens (Greece) -- Drama
653 _aAristophanes -- Translations into English
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8689
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