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Birds differs from other surviving plays of Aristophanes in having no obvious connection with a topical question. Instead, satire is kept firmly subordinate to fantasy; and as fantasy Birds has no rival in what we possess of Greek literature, until we reach Lucian nearly six centuries later. Greek text with facing translation and commentary.

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PrefaceReferences and AbbreviationsBIRDS Introductory Note Select Bibliography Note on the Text Sigla Text and Translation Notes

Aristophanes Birds

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    A Paperback / softback by Aristophanes, Alan H. Sommerstein

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      Publisher Aris & Phillips Ltd
      Published 1 December 1987
      ISBN-13 9780856682889
      978-0856682889
      ISBN-10 0856682888

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Birds differs from other surviving plays of Aristophanes in having no obvious connection with a topical question. Instead, satire is kept firmly subordinate to fantasy; and as fantasy Birds has no rival in what we possess of Greek literature, until we reach Lucian nearly six centuries later. Greek text with facing translation and commentary.

      Trade Review
      ‘For an overall series of the entire corpus, including critical text, commentary, translation, and full introduction, all subsumed to one man’s intelligent analysis and wide-ranging scholarship, Sommerstein stands triumphantly alone. […] Aristophanes is lucky to have so devoted, erudite, and witty a modern celebrant.’
      Scholia

      Table of Contents
      PrefaceReferences and AbbreviationsBIRDS Introductory Note Select Bibliography Note on the Text Sigla Text and Translation Notes

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