Aristophanes; H. SharpleyMareMagnum
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Light foxing. Corners are bumped. Some rubbing to spine. Institution plate to inner cover (Magdalen College Classical Library). No other ex-library markings or stamps. ; English Introduction and Commentary with Greek Text. ; 188 pages
Staple holes to bottom corner of book for first few pages. Hole to top corner of some pages. ; Mentor Series; 128 pages; Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led by the title character, the women of the warring city-states of Greece agree to withhold sexual favors with their husbands until they agree to cease fighting. The war of the sexes that ensues makes Lysistrata a comedy without peer in the history of theater.
Scholar's name to ffep. Pages tanned. Light bump to base of spine. DJ is price-clipped. DJ has chipping and a couple of small tears. ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (Robert Brown). Very light shelfwear. DJ has chipping and a few small tears with tiny loss to head of spine. ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. DJ has edgewear with a couple of small tears. ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
Sticker damage to rear wrap over barcode. Else VG. ; Penguin Classics; 7.0 X 4.3 X 0.5 inches; 224 pages
Light edgewear to spine ends and corners. Very light pencil to a few pages. ; Greek text along with a facing English Translation. Extensive commentary below the text. ; 8vo; 229 pages
7.7 X 5.0 X 0.7 inches; 256 pages
A bit of creasing to wraps. Edgewear to spine ends with slight colour loss. Old price sticker to rear wrap. ; 7.7 X 5.0 X 0.7 inches; 256 pages
Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing to top of textblock. Some foxing to DJ. Minor yellowing to DJ. ; Alternate ISBN: 0856681679 ; The Comedies of Aristophanes: Vol. 1; 215 pages
Scholars' name to halftitle (Mark Golden). Light shelfwear. ; The Comedies of Aristophanes: Vol. 5; 196 pages
Collection of ancient Greek comedies by various translators Edited by Robert W.Corrigan. Includes Aristophanes : Lysistrata,The Birds, Peace,Plutus. and Menander : The Grouch Book
Apodos kai scholia Kostas Barnales. 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 118p. Book
Apodos kai scholia Kostas Barnales. This seems to be a re-issue of the text published by Ellenika Grammata in 1998. 116p. Book
Unique, comic, Caledonian version of Aristophanes "Birds" as performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1959. The translator was an ardent Scottish nationalist, as well as a classical scholar, and has added a handy glossary and explanatory notes for any visiting Sassenachs ignorant of either the riches of the Scots dialect, or of the ornithology of Scotland.84p.Original paper covers loosening. Book
New English versions of Lysistrata, The Frogs, The Birds, and Ladies' Day. "Thanks to Dudley Fitts...we can appreciate Aristophanes' vigor, his robust style, his scorching wit, his earthy humor, his devotion to honesty and his poetic imagination" 341p.index Book
An amusing translation of Aristophanes "Thesmophoriazusae" in which a bunch of feisty Athenian dames discover an interloper at their female only fertility festival. The author's send up of the poetic excesses of fellow dramatist Euripides is well rendered by this translator for a contemporary audience to enjoy.134p, notes index Very crisp copy, almost as new. Book
Reprinted from "Aristophanes : the Eleven Comedies" Translated by Sir Louis Sterling?] originally published by The Athenian Society. London 1912.This edition in the Dover Thrift Editions series 1994 54p. Book
Plays for Performance Series." "Aristophanes' great anti-war drama glorifies the power of fertility in the face of destruction. Mr. Rudall's new translation recaptures the splendid variety of diction in Aristophanes, so that instead of a heavily poetic presentation the play becomes highly theatrical" 65p. Book
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Reprinted from "Aristophanes : the Eleven Comedies" Translated by Sir Louis Sterling?] originally published by The Athenian Society. London 1912.This edition in the Dover Thrift Editions series 1999.48p. 54p. Book
[1] The Frogs: translated from the Greek by William James Rickie with an introduction by Gilbert Seldes and wood engravings by John Austin. 62p. [Bound Dos-A- Dos together with] [2] The Birds : with an introduction by Dudley Fitts" Six Greek Plays" issued by the Dryden Press.) 52 p.. 114p; Shligh shelf waer eap to foot of soune. " Spine just a little damaged at foot Book
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[1] The Frogs: translated from the Greek by William James Rickie with an introduction by Gilbert Seldes and wood engravings by John Austen. 62p. [Bound Dos-A- Dos together with] [2] The Birds : with an introduction by Dudley Fitts" Six Greek Plays"issued by the Dryden Press.) 52 p.. 114p; Slight shelf esp.to foot of spine.. Book