Acharnians. Knights

Aristophanes, Jeffrey Henderson, Jeffrey Henderson

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Harvard Uni.Press Academi
01 September 1998

Plays & playscripts; History; Ancient Greek

Series: Loeb Classical Library

Aristophanes of Athens (ca. 446–386 BCE), one of the world's greatest comic dramatists, has been admired since antiquity for his iridescent wit and beguiling fantasy, exuberant language, and brilliant satire of the social, intellectual, and political life of Athens at its height. He wrote at least forty plays, of which eleven have survived complete. In this new Loeb Classical Library edition of Aristophanes, Jeffrey Henderson presents a freshly edited Greek text and a lively, unexpurgated translation with full explanatory notes.

The general introduction that begins Volume I reviews Aristophanes' career and brings current scholarly insights to bear on the intriguing question of the comic poet as a political force. In Acharnians a small landowner, tired of the Peloponnesian War, magically arranges a personal peace treaty and, borrowing a disguise from Euripides, demonstrates the injustice of the war in a contest with the bellicose Acharnians. Also in this volume is Knights, perhaps the most biting satire of a political figure (Cleon) ever written.

By: Aristophanes
Translated by: Jeffrey Henderson
Edited and translated by: Jeffrey Henderson
Imprint: Harvard Uni.Press Academi
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Revised edition
Volume: No. 178
Dimensions: Height: 162mm, Width: 108mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780674995673
ISBN 10: 0674995678
Series: Loeb Classical Library
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 01 September 1998
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Acharnians. Knights

It is accordingly a pleasure to note the appearance of the first of what will be four new Loeb volumes of Aristophanes this is an important edition of a major Greek author and an absolute must-buy for all college and university libraries.--S. Douglas Olson Classical World