Download or read book The Knights written by Aristophanes and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aristophanes Acharnians Knights Wasps Peace written by Stephen Halliwell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-10 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy, an exuberant form of festival drama which flourished in Athens during the fifth century BC. One of the most original playwrights in the entire Western tradition, his comedies are remarkable for their brilliant combination of fantasy and satire, their constantly inventive manipulation of language, and their use of absurd characters and plots to expose his society's institutions and values to the bracing challenge of laughter. This is the third and final volume of a new verse translation of the complete plays of Aristophanes. It contains four of his most overtly political plays: Acharnians, in which an Athenian farmer rebels against the city's war policies; Knights, a biting satire of populist demagogues; Wasps, whose main theme is the Athenian system of lawcourts; and Peace, in which escape from war is symbolized in images of rustic fertility and sensuality. The translation combines historical accuracy with a sensitive attempt to capture the rich dramatic and literary qualities of Aristophanic comedy. Each play is presented with a thought-provoking introduction and extensive editorial notes to accompany the vivid translations, balancing performability with faithfulness to the original.
Download or read book The Knights written by Aristophanes and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demosthenes Oh! alas! alas! alas! Oh! woe! oh! woe! Miserable Paphlagonian! may the gods destroy both him and his cursed advice! Since that evil day when this new slave entered the house he has never ceased belabouring us with blows.Nicias May the plague seize him, the arch-fiend - him and his lying tales!Demosthenes Hah! my poor fellow, what is your condition?
Download or read book Knights written by Aristophanes and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-12 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Knights was the fourth play written by Aristophanes, who is considered the master of an ancient form of drama known as Old Comedy. The play is a satire on the social and political life of classical Athens during the Peloponnesian War and in this respect it is typical of all the dramatist's early plays. It is unique however in the relatively small number of its characters and this was due to its scurrilous preoccupation with one man, the pro-war populist Cleon. Cleon had prosecuted Aristophanes for slandering the polis with an earlier play, The Babylonians (426 BC), for which the young dramatist had promised revenge in The Acharnians (425 BC), and it was in The Knights (424 BC) that his revenge was exacted. The Knights won first prize at the Lenaia festival when it was produced in 424 BC.
Download or read book Knights written by Aristophanes and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Knights of Aristophanes written by Aristophanes and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aristophanes Knights written by Aristophanes and published by Faenum Publishing, Limited. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the Greek text of Aristophanes' Knights, as edited by F. W. Hall and W. M. Geldart, with a parallel verse translation by Ian Johnston on facing pages, which will be useful to those wishing to read the English translation while referring to the Greek original, or vice versa.
Download or read book The Knights written by Aristophanes Aristophanes and published by SMK Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The play is a satire on the social and political life of classical Athens during the Peloponnesian War and in this respect it is typical of all the dramatist's early plays. It is unique however in the relatively small number of its characters and this was due to its scurrilous preoccupation with one man, the pro-war populist Cleon.
Download or read book Acharnians written by Aristophanes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy, an exuberant form of festival drama which flourished in Athens during the fifth century BC. One of the most original playwrights in the entire Western tradition, his comedies are remarkable for their brilliant combination of fantasy and satire, their constantly inventive manipulation of language, and their use of absurd characters and plots to expose his society's institutions and values to the bracing challenge of laughter. This is the third and final volume of a new verse translation of the complete plays of Aristophanes. It contains four of his most overtly political plays: Acharnians, in which an Athenian farmer rebels against the city's war policies; Knights, a biting satire of populist demagogues; Wasps, whose main theme is the Athenian system of lawcourts; and Peace, in which escape from war is symbolized in images of rustic fertility and sensuality. The translation combines historical accuracy with a sensitive attempt to capture the rich dramatic and literary qualities of Aristophanic comedy. Each play is presented with a thought-provoking introduction and extensive editorial notes to accompany the vivid translations, balancing performability with faithfulness to the original.
Download or read book Aristophanes Plays 1 written by Aristophanes, and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reissue of Aristophanes' most famous plays in the Methuen Classical Greek Dramatists series Aristophanes was a unique writer for the comic stage as well as one of the most revealing about the society for which he wrote.
Download or read book Aristophanes I The Acharnians II The Knights III The Clouds written by Aristophanes and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Knights of Aristophanes written by Aristophanes and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Commentary on Aristophanes Knights written by Carl Arne Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A disruptive comedy by a disruptive playwright
Download or read book The Knights of Aristophanes written by Robert Alexander Neil and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1901, this book contains the original Greek text of the Aristophanic comedy The Knights. Neil provides running commentary on the play, as well as several appendices, including an examination of the origins and role of the Greek particle γε, which is often glossed over by scholars and translators. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in ancient Greek theatre or ancient satire.
Download or read book Scenes from Aristophanes The Knights written by Aristophanes and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Against Demagogues written by Robert C. Bartlett and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against Demagogues presents Robert C. Bartlett's new translations of Aristophanes' most overtly political works, the Acharnians and the Knights. In these fantastically inventive, raucous, and raunchy comedies, the powerful politician Cleon proves to be democracy's greatest opponent. With unrivalled power, both plays make clear the dangers to which democracies are prone, especially the threats posed by external warfare, internal division, and class polarization. Combating the seductive allure of demagogues and the damage they cause, Against Demagogues disentangles Aristophanes' serious teachings from his many jokes and pratfalls, substantiating for modern readers his famous claim to "teach justice" while "making a comedy" of the city. The book features an interpretive essay for each play, expertly guiding readers through the most important plot points, explaining the significance of various characters, and shedding light on the meaning of the plays' often madcap episodes. Along with a contextualizing introduction, Bartlett offers extensive notes explaining the many political, literary, and religious references and allusions. Aristophanes' comedic skewering of the demagogue and his ruthless ambition—and of a community so ill-informed about the doings of its own government, so ready to believe in empty promises and idle flattery—cannot but resonate strongly with readers today around the world.
