Böcker av Aristophanes

This work contains a commentary on one of the most famous comedies from Ancient Greece, Aristophanes' "Frogs", as well as the complete Greek text. It also features a comprehensive introduction, and offers help with translation.

Writing at a time when Athens was undergoing a crisis in its social attitudes, Aristophanes was an eloquent opponent of the demagogue and the sophist. This collection includes Lysistrata, the hilariously bawdy anti-war fantasy; The Acharnians, a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta; and The Clouds, a satire on contemporary philosophy.

A volume in the acclaimed Penn Greek Drama Series containing Wasps, Lysistrata, Frogs, and The Sexual Congress.

In this edition of one of the masterpieces of Athenian Old Comedy, Olson offers an introduction, a text based on a collation of the manuscripts, and a massive literary and historical commentary. All the Greek in the introduction and commentary not cited for technical reasons is translated, making much of the edition accessible to non-specialists.