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Wasps

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Author : Aristophanes
language : en
Publisher: Aris and Phillips Classical Te
Release Date : 1983

Wasps written by Aristophanes and has been published by Aris and Phillips Classical Te this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Drama categories.

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 conflict of generations. The play follows the efforts of a mischievous and mercurial old man to escape the control of a stern and heavy son.

The Wasps

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Author : Aristophanes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894

The Wasps 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 1894 with categories.

Aristophanes 1

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Author : Aristophanes
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Release Date : 1998-01-01

Aristophanes 1 written by Aristophanes and has been published by Hackett Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01-01 with Drama categories.

Presents translations of three satirical plays along with information on staging, history, religious practice, myths, and issues raised by each play.

The Wasps

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Author : Aristophanes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004-06

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XANTHIAS (turning to the audience): Come, I must explain the matter to the spectators. But first a few words of preamble: expect nothing very high-flown from us, nor any jests stolen from Megara; we have no slaves, who throw baskets of nuts to the spectators, nor any Heracles to be robbed of his dinner, nor does Euripides get loaded with contumely.

Aristophanes Wasps

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Author : Kenneth Rothwell
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Greek and Latin College
Release Date : 2019-01-14

Aristophanes Wasps written by Kenneth Rothwell and has been published by Oxford Greek and Latin College this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-14 with Drama categories.

Aristophanes' Wasps (422 B.C.) is an entertaining comedy that plunges us into the life of a family in classical Athens, while treating themes that readers of any time and place can appreciate. A father and son argue about politics, household servants try to please their master, a disruptive gang of the father's friends decide to intervene, a dog becomes a lightning-rod for his antics in the kitchen, attempts are made at reform and reconciliation, and it all ends with a drinking party that goes disastrously wrong. The father, Philocleon, and his friends, the chorus of wasp-like old men for whom the play is named, are some of the great creations of comic drama. The characters of the Wasps make constant references to the everyday world they are living in: its political demagogues, court system, religious rituals, social niceties, class distinctions, diseases, clothes, food, toilets, paychecks, geography, weather, household items, literary and mythological allusions, military experiences, and much more. These references give the play its immediacy, but their unfamiliarity to modern students can pose a challenge. This edition provides a full introduction devoted to the political, social, and literary background of the play, as well as notes to the text explaining historical details.