Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Alan H. Sommerstein
yhteensä 44 hakutulosta
Lysistrata and Other Plays
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 …
The Persians and Other Plays
Aeschylus (525-456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. The Persians, the only Greek tragedy to deal …
The Birds and Other Plays
Offering a window into the world of ordinary Athenians, Aristophanes' The Birds and Other Plays is a timeless set of comedies, combining witty satire and raucous slapstick to …
Aristophanes: Frogs
Aristophanes' "Frogs" was produced in 405BC, shortly after the deaths of two great veteran Athenian tragic dramatists Euripides and Sophocles. This edition combines an English …
Menander: Samia (The Woman from Samos)
For eight centuries after his death Menander was the third most popular poet in the Greek-speaking world, and his plays, through Roman imitations and adaptations, engendered a …
Oresteia: Agamemnon. Libation-Bearers. Eumenides
The tragic cycle of justice.Aeschylus (ca. 525–456 BC), the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world’s great art forms, witnessed the establishment of democracy at …
CLWO ARISTOPHANES AND ATHENIAN OLD
Greek Drama and Dramatists
The history of European drama began at the festivals of Dionysus in ancient Athens, where tragedy, satyr-drama and comedy were performed. Understanding this background is vital …
Aristophanes: Wasps
Wasps was first produced at the Lenaea festival of 422 BC. The play is at once a political satire and also, like Clouds and the lost Banqueters, a comedy on the theme of the …
Oath and State in Ancient Greece
The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions throughout the ancient Greek world, making a crucial contribution to social …
Persians. Seven against Thebes. Suppliants. Prometheus Bound
Four unconnected but unforgettable plays from ancient Athens’ first great tragedian.Aeschylus (ca. 525–456 BC), the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world’s great …