| #310029 in eBooks | 1998-09-15 | 1998-09-15 | File type: PDF||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A Great book of Ancient Comedy|By THe Neuro|Clouds Waps Birds is a collection of 3 stories written by the Ancient Greek poet and writer, Aristophanes.
Clouds is the first story, and it recounts the woes of Strepsiades, who worries about paying his debts. He hatches a plan and enroll his son Phillipides in "The thinkery" a place for people to learn to argue and deb||
|Storey's contributions are solid, and conduct the beginner clearly and logically through the various minefields of Aristophanic scholarship, without oversimplification. . . . The particular virtue of Meineck lies in the fact that he is a theatre director
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, histo...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Aristophanes 1: Clouds, Wasps, Birds (Hackett Classics) | Aristophanes. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
