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This volume is the first edition with commentary since 1907 of Aristophanes' last surviving play, in which, as so often before, an audacious and imaginative hero finds a miraculous remedy for the all-too-real ills of the contemporary world in this case the concentration of wealth in the hands of those who don't deserve it at the expense of ...

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With this welcome volume on Wealth, a neglected play, Sommerstein has now (almost) brought his series of editions of Aristophanes extant comedies to a successful conclusion. ... Sommerstein has packed a lot into a small package and made this comedy accessible to both seasoned scholar and Greekless novice.'

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Preface; References and abbreviations; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; Parallel Greek Text and English Translation; Commentary; Addenda to previous volumes.

Wealth The Comedies of Aristophanes Vol. 11

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      Publisher: Liverpool University Press
      Publication Date: 01/07/2001
      ISBN13: 9780856687396, 978-0856687396
      ISBN10: 0856687391
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      Book Synopsis
      This volume is the first edition with commentary since 1907 of Aristophanes' last surviving play, in which, as so often before, an audacious and imaginative hero finds a miraculous remedy for the all-too-real ills of the contemporary world in this case the concentration of wealth in the hands of those who don't deserve it at the expense of ...

      Trade Review
      With this welcome volume on Wealth, a neglected play, Sommerstein has now (almost) brought his series of editions of Aristophanes extant comedies to a successful conclusion. ... Sommerstein has packed a lot into a small package and made this comedy accessible to both seasoned scholar and Greekless novice.'

      Table of Contents
      Preface; References and abbreviations; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; Parallel Greek Text and English Translation; Commentary; Addenda to previous volumes.

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