ARISTOPHANES I: CLOUDS, WASPS, BIRDS Translated, with Notes.

Aristophanes; Peter Meineck & Ian C. Storey

ISBN 10: 0872203603 / ISBN 13: 9780872203600

Published by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 1998

About this Item

Very light shelfwear. Minor crease to 1 corner of wraps. Scholar's name to ffep (Bonnie Maclachlan [née Ward]). ; Originally adapted for the stage, Peter Meineck's revised translations achieve a level of fidelity appropriate for classroom use while managing to preserve the wit and energy that led The New Yorker to judge his CloudsThe best Greek drama we've ever seen anywhere," and The Times Literary Supplement to describe his Wasps as "Hugely enjoyable and very, very funny. A general Introduction, introductions to the plays, and detailed notes on staging, history, religious practice and myth combine to make this a remarkably useful teaching text. ; Hackett Classics; 480 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ARISTOPHANES I: CLOUDS, WASPS, BIRDS Translated, with Notes.
• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0872203603
• ISBN 13: 9780872203600
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good+
• Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Greek Literature

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Synopsis

Originally adapted for the stage, Peter Meineck's revised translations achieve a level of fidelity appropriate for classroom use while managing to preserve the wit and energy that led The New Yorker to judge his CloudsThe best Greek drama we've ever seen anywhere," and The Times Literary Supplement to describe his Wasps as "Hugely enjoyable and very, very funny. A general Introduction, introductions to the plays, and detailed notes on staging, history, religious practice and myth combine to make this a remarkably useful teaching text.

About the Author

Peter Meineck is Founder of Aquila Theatre and Associate Professor of Classics, New York University.