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Aristophanes: The Birds

Aristophanes: The Birds

Jeffrey Henderson

Boston University

2003 • 0-941051-87-0 • paper • 100 pages • 5 ½ x 8 ½ • $9.95

One of Aristophanes' greatest comedies available with notes and introduction by Jeffrey Henderson, one of the most important scholars and translators of Greek comedy.

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 Description                                             

Translation in English with notes, map and introduction. One of Aristophanes greatest comedies. Considered by many to be his masterpiece, it is the story of birds taking control of the government, called in this translation Cloudcuckooland.

 Author                                                    

Dr. Jeffrey Henderson is Chair and Professor of Classical Studies at Boston University.  He is the author of groundbreaking translations and articles on Greek comic dramatists. His translations for Focus Classical Library include Aristophanes’ Lysistrata (1988), Aristophanes’ Clouds (1993), Aristophanes’ Three Comedies: Acharnians, Lysistrata, Clouds (1997), Aristophanes' Birds (1999), and Aristophanes' Frogs (2008).

 Table of Contents                                      

Map of Greece and Environs

Introduction

    Aristophanes and Old Comedy
    Production

    Birds and its Time

    General Bibliography

    Suggestions for Further Reading

Aristophanes' The Birds