Clouds is a partly revised version of a play that failed when it was first produced. It has always fascinated (and usually shocked) students of philosophy because of its portrayal of Socrates as an atheist and a teacher of dishonest rhetoric, justly punished by the agents of the gods whom he refuses to recognise. First published in 1982, 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.
240pp. (1982) cl 209 8 £35 / $59.99, pb 210 1 £16.50 / $28
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Preface Introductory Note to Clouds
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
"Sommerstein has exercised throughout the refreshing
independence of judgement, backed by learning." JACT
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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