Aristophanes: Peace

Name: Aristophanes: Peace
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ISBN: 9780198140818

ISBN-10: 0198140819

ISBN-13: 9780198140818

Edition: 1998

Authors: Aristophanes, S. Douglas Olson

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Aristophanes' Peace was performed at the City Dionysia in Athens in 421 B.C. as a decade-long war with Sparta seemed finally to be drawing to an end, and is one of only eleven extant plays by the greatest Old Comic poet. Olson's edition of the play, which replaces Platnauer's of 1969, is based on a complete new collation of the manuscripts, many of which have never been adequately reported before. The extensive commentary explores matters of all sorts, but it focuses in particular on the realities of daily life in classical Athens and also examines the practical problems of staging. The substantial introduction includes essays on Aristophanes' early career, the politics of the Greek world…

Book details

List price: $345.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/25/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 404
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English

S. Douglas Olson is Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota.



Preface


Abbreviations and Bibliography


Introduction


Metrical Symbols


Sigla


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Commentary


Greek Index


General Index