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Aristophanes - The Wasps; The Poet and the Woman; The Frogs by Aristophanes
24.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: very good
The master of ancient Greek comic drama, Aristophanes combined slapstick, humour and cheerful vulgarity with acute political observations. In "The Frogs", written during the Peloponnesian War, Dionysus descends to the Underworld to bring back a poet who can help Athens in its darkest hour, and stages a ...Show more
Four Plays: Aristophanes The Clouds,The Birds,Lysistrata & The Frogs by Aristophanes
22.95 NZD
25.00 (8% off)
Category: Classic Books | Series: Meridian classics
Classic Greek plays offer a caricature of Socrates, a flawed utopia, a clever plan to gain peace, and a debate between deceased playwrights.
Frogs and Other Plays by Aristophanes
26.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books
Marrying deft social commentary to a rich, earthy comedy, the three comedies collected in Aristophanes' "The Frogs and Other Plays" offers a unique insight into one of the most turbulent periods in Ancient Greek history. This "Penguin Classics" edition is translated by David Barrett with revisions, an i ...Show more
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
27.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books
Lysistrata was first performed around 4 centuries B.C. by a playwright known for his... well, let's just say NOT for his modesty. It's a hilarious look at the battle of the sexes. Literally. So the men of Athens are fighting the men of Sparta. As usual. The ladyfolk are sick of the endless war, devastat ...Show more
Lysistrata and Other Plays by Aristophanes
12.95 NZD
23.00 (43% off)
Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
Three plays by the comedian of Ancient Greece Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta. In Lysistrata a band ...Show more
On Socrates -Selected Writings by Plato; Aristophanes; Xenophon
14.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Reading Level: very good
Selected and with an introduction by Tom Griffith.
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