Aristophanes: Four Plays: Clouds, Birds, Lysistrata, Women of the Assembly by Ar

Description: Aristophanes: Four Plays by Aristophanes, Aaron Poochigian Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description A "zany [and] inventive" (Emily Wilson) translation that for the first time captures both the antic outrageousness and lyrical brilliance of antiquitys greatest comedies. Publisher Description The citizens of ancient Athens enjoyed a freedom of speech as broad as our own. This freedom, parrhesia, the right to say what one pleased, how and when one pleased, and to whom, had no more fervent champion than the brilliant fifth-century comic playwright Aristophanes. His plays, immensely popular with the Athenian public, were frequently crude, even obscene. He ridiculed the great and the good of the city, showing up their hypocrisy and arrogance in ways that went far beyond the standards of good taste, securing the ire (and sometimes the retaliation) of his powerful targets. He showed his contemporaries, and he teaches us now, that when those in power act obscenely, patriotic obscenity is a fitting response. Aristophaness satirical masterpieces were also surpassingly virtuosic works of poetry. The metrical variety of his plays has always thrilled readers who can access the original Greek, but until now, English translations have failed to capture their lyrical genius. Aaron Poochigian, the first poet-classicist to tackle these plays in a generation, brings back to life four of Aristophaness most entertaining, wickedly crude, and frequently beautiful lyric comedies-the pinnacle of his comic art: ? Clouds, a play famous for its caricature of antiquitys greatest philosopher, Socrates; ? Lysistrata, in which a woman convinces her female compatriots to withhold sex from their warmongering lovers unless they negotiate peace; ? Birds, in which feathered creatures build a great city and become like gods; ? and Women of the Assembly, Aristophoness most revolutionary play, which inverts the norms of gender and power. Poochigians new rendering of these comic masterpieces finally gives contemporary readers a sense of the subversive pleasure Aristophoness original audiences felt when they were first performed on the Athenian stage. Author Biography Aristophanes was the most celebrated comic playwright in fifth-century BCE Athens. Aaron Poochigian has published four books of poetry and several translations, including Aristophanes: Four Plays (2021). He lives in New York City. Details ISBN 1324091568 ISBN-13 9781324091561 Title Aristophanes: Four Plays Author Aristophanes, Aaron Poochigian Format Paperback Year 2022 Pages 432 Publisher WW Norton & Co GE_Item_ID:138319327; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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