The earliest comic drama to survive, it is a highly committed play, its message being that Athens war with the Peloponnesians can and should be ended, and that peace will mean the restoration of normal life after six years' separation of the country people from their land. This volume also contains the general introduction to the series. First published in 1980, this volume has been continuously up-dated, including the most recent printing in 1998
Alan H. Sommerstein is Professor of Greek and Director of the Centre for Ancient Drama and its Reception, University of Nottingham, editor of the Aristophanes volumes in the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series (198096) and of Aeschylus Eumenides (Cambridge, 1989); author of Aeschylean Tragedy (Bari, 1996); co-editor of Tragedy, Comedy and the Polis (Bari, 1993) and several other multi-author volumes.
232pp. (1980) cl 167 9 £35 / $59.99, pb 172 5 £16.50 / $28
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General introduction Introductory Note to Acharnians PARALLEL GREEK TEXT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION COMMENTARY Note that the Index to the whole series will be included in the final volume WEALTH expected in 2001 |
SOME COMMENTS BY REVIEWERS
"Most valuable to the understanding of the play
by students at all levels is the first-rate commentary, based
on the results of the most recent scholarly investigation."
Choice (awarded outstanding academic book of
the year). "S. has provided an excellent general introduction
on Aristophanes ... The text itself is judiciously independent
... translation ... in prose is scrupulously accurate, imaginative
... The notes which are linked to the translation almost fulfil
the function of a commentary. They are crisp, scholarly and informative."
Greece & Rome.
RELATED BOOKS
See under ARISTOPHANES in this series. The final volume
WEALTH will include the INDEXES to all the volumes of Aristophanes'
plays and is expected sometime in the year 2001.
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