Preface
Introduction
Aristophanes' Career in Context
Old Comedy and Dionysiac Festivity
The Dynamics of Fantasy
Formality and Performance
Satire and Seriousness
Translating Aristophanes
Stage Directions
Aristophanes and Posterity
Note on the Translation
Select Bibliography
Chronology
Clouds
Women at the Thesmophoria
Frogs
Appendix: The Lost Plays of Aristophanes
Explanatory Notes
Index of Names
Stephen Halliwell is Professor of Greek and Wardlaw Professor of
Classics at the University of St Andrews. He has taught in the
universities of Oxford, London, Cambridge, and Birmingham, and held
visiting professorships in Belgium, Canada, Italy, and the USA. His
extensive publications on Greek literature, philosophy, and culture
include two prize-winning books: Greek Laughter: A Study of
Cultural Psychology from Homer to Early Christianity (Criticos
Prize
2008), and The Aesthetics of Mimesis: Ancient Texts and Modern
Problems (Premio Europeo d'Estetica, 2008). His book Between
Ecstasy and Truth: Interpretations of Greek Poetics from Homer to
Longinus was
published by Oxford University Press in 2011. He is a Fellow of
both the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
The accurate and lively translations will serve well anyone wishing
to study these comedies, and Halliwell's informative general
introduction, stimulating introductions to individual plays, rich
explanatory notes, and ample references are an excellent guide to
the world of both Aristophanic and ancient Greek comedy ...
Halliwell pairs his fluency in rendering verse with deftness at
capturing the complexities of Aristophanes' language, which gives
his translations particular verve.
*Matthew C. Wellenbach, Classical Journal Online*
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
