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Birds and Other Plays

Paperback • 2008 • English

Birds and Other Plays

By Aristophanes

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About the book

Aristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy, the exuberant, satirical form of festival drama which flourished during the heyday of classical Athenian culture in the fifth century BC. His plays are characterized by extraordinary combinations of fantasy and satire, sophistication and vulgarity, formality and freedom. Birds is an escapist fantasy in which two dissatisfied Athenians, in defiance of men and gods, bring about a city of birds, the eponymous Cloudcuckooland. ...Show more

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9780199555673

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

Birds and Other Plays

Format

Paperback

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