Perhaps the first thing to strike us-paradoxical as it may sound to say so-about the Athenian 'Old Comedy' is its modernness. Of its very nature, satiric drama comes later than Epic and Lyric poetry,...

In the midst of the Peloponnesian War, the citizens of Athens are weary of battle. Enter Dicaeopolis, a clever and resourceful farmer, who hatches a daring plan to negotiate a private peace treaty with...

In the whimsical realm of ancient Athens, Aristophanes' "The Clouds" unfolds as a satirical masterpiece. Join the eccentric Socrates, suspended in a basket amidst the clouds, as he imparts his wisdom...

"It is difficult to compare the Aristophanic Comedy to any one form of modern literature, dramatic or other. It perhaps most resembles what we now call burlesque; but it had also very much in it of broad...