Lysistrata, the Women's Festival, and Frogs

Name: Lysistrata, the Women's Festival, and Frogs
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ISBN: 9780806141510

ISBN-10: 0806141514

ISBN-13: 9780806141510

Edition: 2011

Authors: Aristophanes, Michael Ewans

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Most readers nowadays encounter the plays of Aristophanes in the classroom, not the theater. Yet the father of comedy wrote his plays for the stage, not as literary texts. Many English translations of the plays were written decades ago, and in their outdated language they fail to capture the dramatic liveliness of the original comedies. Now Michael Ewans offers new and lively translations of three of Aristophanes finest plays: Lysistrata, The Womens Festival, and Frogs. While remaining faithful to the original Greek, these translations are accessible to a modern audienceand actable on stage.

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 1/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 340
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Chronology of Aristophanes' Life and Times


Introduction


The Festivals of Dionysus


Aristophanic Comedy


Aristophanes and the Athenians


Women in Aristophanes


Aristophanes and Euripides


Comedy and Politics


Lysistrata


The Women's Festival


Frogs


Performance


Translation


Note on the Presentation of the Translations


Lysistrata


The Women's Festival


Frogs


Theatrical Commentary


Lysistrata


The Women's Festival


Frogs



Recommended Cuts



A Reconstruction of Aristophanes' Original Doublings


Glossary of Proper Names


Glossary of Greek Words


Bibliography