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Aristophanes Frogs
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Author : Mark Griffith (Classicist)
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2013-05-23
Aristophanes Frogs written by Mark Griffith (Classicist) and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-23 with History categories.
Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature introduces individual works of Greek and Latin literature to readers who are approaching them for the first time. Each volume sets the work in its literary and historical context and aims to offer a balanced and engaging assessment of its content, artistry, and purpose. A brief survey of the influence of the work upon subsequent generations is included to demonstrate its enduring relevance and power. All quotations from the original are translated into English. Aristophanes was the comic mastermind of classical Athens, and Frogs is widely regarded as his most brilliant and multi-faceted play. Written and performed in 405 BCE and deeply embedded in that specific cultural moment, Frogs won first prize in that year's festival competition and has been-admired by readers and critics ever since, a testament to its timeless appeal. In addition to its hilarious language, stage antics, and plot, Frogs provides modern readers with an unparalleled range of insights into ancient Greek mentalities, exploring and critiquing the Athenians' ideas about drama and music, citizenship, slavery, and the possibilities of personal salvation and life after death. With this up-to-date and engaging account, Mark Griffith places Frogs in its original historical and cultural context, while underscoring the play's originality in its relation to parallel developments in tragedy and ancient Greek aesthetics in general. This volume provides not only a detailed analysis of the play itself and its reception but also to succinct introduction to Greek comedy overall, making it an invaluable companion to ancient theater for students and general readers alike. Book jacket.
Aristophanes Frogs
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Author : Aristophanes
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-01-16
Aristophanes Frogs written by Aristophanes and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-16 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, including suggestions for discussion and analysis. Numerous practical questions stimulate ideas on staging and encourage students to explore the play's dramatic qualities. Frogs is suitable for students of Classical Civilisation and Drama. Features include a full synopsis of the play, commentary alongside translation for easy reference and a comprehensive introduction to the Greek Theatre. Frogs is aimed at A-level and undergraduate students in the UK, and college students in North America.
The Frogs Of Aristophanes
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Author : Aristophanes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1848
The Frogs Of Aristophanes written by Aristophanes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1848 with Greek drama (Comedy). categories.
Aristophanes Frogs
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Author : C. W. Marshall
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-11-12
Aristophanes Frogs written by C. W. Marshall and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-12 with Drama categories.
A comedy about tragedy and a play about playmaking, Aristophanes' Frogs (405 BCE) is perhaps the most popular of ancient comedies. This new introduction guides students through the play, its themes and contemporary contexts, and its reception history. Frogs offers sustained engagement with the Athenian literary scene, with the politics of Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War, and with the religious understanding of the fifth-century city. It presents the earliest direct criticism of theatre and a detailed description of the Underworld, and also dramatizes the place of Mystery cults in the religious life of Athens and shows the political concerns that galvanized the citizens. It is also genuinely funny, showcasing a range of comic techniques, including literary and musical parody, political invective, grotesque distortion, wordplay, prop comedy, and funny costumes. Frogs has inspired literary works by Henry Fielding, George Bernard Shaw, and Tom Stoppard. This book explores all of these features in a series of short chapters designed to be accessible to a new reader of ancient comedy. It proceeds linearly through the play, addressing a range of issues, but paying particular attention to stagecraft and performance. It also offers a bold new interpretation of the play, suggesting that the action of Frogs was not the first time Euripides and Aeschylus had competed against each other.
Frogs And Other Plays
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Author : Aristophanes
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2007-03-01
Frogs And Other Plays written by Aristophanes and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-01 with Drama categories.
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 great debate to help him decide between the traditional wisdom of Aeschylus and the brilliant modernity of Euripides. The clash of generations and values is also the object of Aristophanes’ satire in The Wasps, in which an old-fashioned father and his loose-living son come to blows and end up in court. And in The Poet and the Women, Euripides, accused of misogyny, persuades a relative to infiltrate an all-women festival to find out whether revenge is being plotted against him.
The Frogs With Intr And Notes By W W Merry
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Author : Aristophanes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
The Frogs With Intr And Notes By W W Merry written by Aristophanes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with categories.
The Frogs Of Aristophanes
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Author : Aristophane
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 2006
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Frogs
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Author : Aristophanes
language : en
Publisher: RicherResourcesPublications
Release Date : 2008
Frogs written by Aristophanes and has been published by RicherResourcesPublications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Dionysus categories.
Frogs is by common consent one of the finest achievements of Aristophanes (456 BC to 386 BC), the greatest writer of comic drama in classical Athens and among most famous writers of dramatic comedy in our Western tradition. The play was first performed at a Festival of Dionysus in Athens in 405 BC, at a time when the disastrous Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta was nearing its end. The production so popular that it received the extraordinary honor of a second production and Aristophanes received a special honor from the city.In the play the god Dionysus, in the form of a middle-aged human being, insists on travelling to Hades to bring back the tragic poet Euripides (who had died the year before), so that Athens can once again enjoy fine poetry. His slave Xanthias accompanies him. The trip is full of robust comical encounters with a range of characters, including Hercules, Charon, the famous Chorus of the Frogs, various underworld figures, and, finally Euripides and Aeschylus, who stage a debate over which of them is the greatest poet, an argument which has them mercilessly satirizing each other's workFor all its extremely funny stage business, Frogs raises some important and still relevant questions about the nature of dramatic art and the role of the dramatist. It also explores and exposes the self-serving attitudes of citizens during a time of war.
The Frogs
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Author : Aristophanes
language : en
Publisher: I. E. Clark Publications
Release Date : 1982
The Frogs written by Aristophanes and has been published by I. E. Clark Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Drama categories.
The Frogs Of Aristophanes
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-03-01
The Frogs Of Aristophanes written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-01 with History categories.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Frogs Of Aristophanes; The Athenian Drama For English Readers Aristophanes Gilbert Murray G. Allen & Sons, 1908