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This is the comedy of the ancient Greek comedian Aristophanes, the earliest of his plays that have survived to this day. Together with „Mir” and „Lysistrata” refers to the „anti-war” comedies of the……続きを見る

Eleven of his 40 plays survive virtually complete. These plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and they are in fact used to define the genre. Also know……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

Eleven of his 40 plays survive virtually complete. These plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and they are in fact used to define the genre. Also know……続きを見る

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 inste……続きを見る

No one knows what cruel twist of fate caused Kumi Leben to be born with a rare medical condition that discolors her skin to an ash gray, branding her a freak of nature. With no prospects and a dim v……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: La scène se passe dans la chambre à coucher de Strepsiadès, puis devant la porte de Sokratès. STREPSIADÈS Iou ! Iou ! O souverain Zeus, quelle chose à n'en pas finir que les nuits ! Le jour……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: Dèmosthénès Iattataex ! Que de malheurs ! Iattatae ! Que ce Paphlagonien, cette nouvelle peste, avec ses projets, soit confondu par les dieux ! Depuis qu'il s'est glissé dans la maison, il ……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: La scène se passe sur l’Agora, puis devant la maison de Dikæopolis. Dikæopolis Que de fois j’ai été mordu au cœur ! Et de plaisirs bien peu, tout à fait peu ! Quatre ! Mais de douleurs, un ……続きを見る

Unlike many other cultural values that shift and evolve from decade to decade, comedy can be timeless. The comic masterpiece The Frogs, penned by famed Greek playwright Aristophanes more than 2,000 ……続きを見る

The Acharnians or Acharnians (Ancient Greek: Ἀχαρνεῖς Akharneîs; Attic: Ἀχαρνῆς) is the third play ー and the earliest of the eleven surviving plays ー by the Athenian playwright Aristophanes. It wa……続きを見る

The Birds (Greek: Ὄρνιθες Ornithes) is a comedy by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed in 414 BC at the City Dionysia where it won second prize. It has been acclaimed by mode……続きを見る

The Frogs (Greek: Βάτραχοι Bátrachoi, "Frogs") is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed at the Lenaia, one of the Festivals of Dionysus in Athens, in 405 BC……続きを見る

Lysistrata (/laɪˈsɪstrətə/ or /ˌlɪsəˈstrɑːtə/; Attic Greek: Λυσιστράτη, "Army-disbander") is a comedy by Aristophanes. Originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC, it is a comic account of on……続きを見る

A passionate romance between an older woman, Alicia, and a younger man, Joseph, who overcome the prejudice of small town gossips; and an intriguing mystery of yet another older woman who attempts to……続きを見る

The Acharnians/The Clouds/Lysistrata 'We women have the salvation of Greece in our hands' Writing at a time of political and social crisis in Athens, the ancient Greek comic playwright Aristophanes ……続きを見る

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 societ……続きを見る

The Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers provides an essential anthology of six of the key plays that have shaped the trajectory of British black theatre from the late-1970s to the p……続きを見る

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes. First performed in classical Athens in , it is a comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata persuades the wom……続きを見る

Boy, wen we come ter power we go change dis whole island, upside down, we go make all dem people who was taking advantage a we, suffer, we go make dem bawl. 1950s Port of Spain. Samuel, a young tail……続きを見る

Today, we tend to picture ancient Greece as a land of togas, lyres and plenty of philosophical pondering -- but even back then, people were annoyed with the likes of Socrates, Plato and other intell……続きを見る

Les Nuées est une comédie grecque classique du dramaturge grec antique Aristophane (vers 446 av. J.-C. – 386 av. J.-C.). Le thème de la pièce est le conflit des générations qui oppose un vieil Athé……続きを見る

The second in a series of three comedies, ‘Peace’, along with ‘The Acharnians’ and ‘Lysistrata’, called for an end to the Peloponnesian war. The 'Peace' was brought out four years after 'The Acharni……続きを見る

In many respects 'The Knights' may be reckoned the great Comedian's masterpiece, the direct personal attack on the then all-powerful Cleon, with its scathing satire and tremendous invective, being o……続きを見る

This is the first of the series of three Comediesー'The Acharnians,' 'Peace' and 'Lysistrata'ーproduced at intervals of years, the sixth, tenth and twenty-first of the Peloponnesian War, and impress……続きを見る

Aristophanes's "The Birds" is one of the great dramatic comedies from all of classical antiquity. It is the story of Euelpides and Pisthetaerus, two old Athenians, who are disgusted with the litigio……続きを見る

The satire in this, one of the best known of all Aristophanes' comedies, is directed against the new schools of philosophy, or perhaps we should rather say dialectic, which had lately been introduce……続きを見る

Extrait : La scène se passe sur une place publique d’Athènes. LES EKKLÉSIAZOUSES ou L’ASSEMBLÉE DES FEMMES PRAXAGORA. O brillant éclat de la lampe d’argile, commodément suspendue dans cet endroit ac……続きを見る

Extrait : PREMIER ESCLAVE . Apporte, apporte au plus vite de la pâtée pour l’escarbot. SECOND ESCLAVE . Voici. Donne à ce maudit insecte ; jamais il n’aura mangé de meilleure pâtée. PREMIER ESCLAVE ……続きを見る

Extrait : La pièce qui a pour titre Plutus appartient à ce qu’on est convenu d’appeler la comédie moyenne, sorte de transition entre la comédie ancienne et la comédie nouvelle. Elle fut représentée ……続きを見る