Aristophanes - Libros y biografía

"The Clouds" is a Greek comedy play written by the celebrated playwright Aristophanes. Aristophanes was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Translated by William James Hickie

First presented in 411 B.C., this ancient comedy concerns the efforts of Lysistrata, an Athenian woman, to persuade other woman to join together in a strike against the men of Greece, denying them sex...

Aristophanes (/?ær??st?f?ni?z/ or /??r??st?f?ni?z/;[2] Greek: ?ριστοφ?νης, pronounced [aristop?án??s]; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaeum, was a comic playwright of ancient...

"The Knights" is a satire on the social and political life of classical Athens during the Peloponnesian War. Aristophanes was a comic playwright of ancient Athens.  

Lysistrata gehört zu den bekanntesten Komödien des griechischen Dichters Aristophanes. Sie wurde von ihm im Frühjahr 411 v. Chr. – im zwanzigsten Jahr des Peloponnesischen Krieges – bei den Lenäen zur...

The Acharnians or Acharnians is the third play — and the earliest of the eleven surviving plays — by the Athenian playwright Aristophanes. It was produced in 425 BCE on behalf of the young dramatist by...

The Knights was the fourth play written by Aristophanes, the master of an ancient form of drama known as Old Comedy. The play is a satire on the social and political life of classical Athens during the...

The Birds is a comedy by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed in 414 BC at the City Dionysia where it won second prize. It has been acclaimed by modern critics as a perfectly realized...

The Birds is a comedy by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes.  Aristophanes was a comic playwright of ancient Athens.  

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,...

Deux citoyens, Pisthétéros (Fidèle ami) et Evelpide (Bon espoir), dégoûtés de la vie que l'on mène à Athènes, se déterminent à bâtir une ville aérienne, Néphélocokkygia (Nuéecoucouville). Tous les hommes...

Aristophanes (/?ær??st?f?ni?z/ or /??r??st?f?ni?z/;[2] Greek: ?ριστοφ?νης, pronounced [aristop?án??s]; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaeum, was a comic playwright of ancient...

Aristophanes (/?ær??st?f?ni?z/ or /??r??st?f?ni?z/;[Greek: ?ριστοφ?νης, pronounced [aristop?án??s]; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaeum, was a comic playwright of ancient Athens....

Lysistrata (/la??s?str?t?/ or /?l?s??str??t?/; Attic Greek: Λυσιστρ?τη, "Army Disbander") is a comedy by Aristophanes. Originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC, it is a comic account of one...

The Birds Aristophanes - The Birds has long been hailed as one of the finest masterpieces written by Aristophanes (ca. 456 BC ca. 386 BC), the greatest of all classical Athenian comic dramatists. First...

The plot of the play revolves around Pisthetaerus, an Athenian who convinces the birds to create a great city in the sky, and thus regain their status as the original gods. Pisthetaerus eventually transforms...

When the Peloponnesian War goes on too long, the women of Athens, led by the beautiful Lysistrata, take matters into their own hands, withholding their passion as a way to force their men to negotiate...

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Lysistrata • The...

The so-called old comedy, of which Aristophanes is the only surviving representative, flourished at the time of the Peloponnesian War which shook Greek civilization. There is no good single modern analogue...

The so-called old comedy, of which Aristophanes is the only surviving representative, flourished at the time of the Peloponnesian War which shook Greek civilization. There is no good single modern analogue...

Contents: 1. Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Furies, and Prometheus Bound, by Aeschylus 2. Oedipus the King and Antigone, by Sophocles 3. Hippolytus and The Bacchae, by Euripides 4. The Frogs, by...

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Ancient Greek literature has a profound impact on western literature at large. In particular, many ancient Roman authors drew inspiration from their Greek predecessors. Ever since the Renaissance, European...

Ancient Greek literature has a profound impact on western literature at large. In particular, many ancient Roman authors drew inspiration from their Greek predecessors. Ever since the Renaissance, European...

Yale Classics (Vol. 1) is a monumental anthology that gathers the seminal works of ancient Greek literature, encapsulating a diversity of styles from the epic narratives of Homer to the lyrical verses...

Yale Required Reading - Collected Works (Vol. 1) stands as a monumental anthology that captures the essence of classical Greek literature, spotlighting the diversity, richness, and evolution of one of...

Yale Classics (Vol. 1) marks an unprecedented assemblage of the luminaries of Ancient Greek literature, philosophy, and historiography, presenting a rich tapestry of the intellectual and creative brilliance...