![]() ![]() ![]() Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. These plays have been translated into many languages and continue to be staged or adapted for theatrical productions. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. They are The Acharnians, The Birds, The Clouds, The Ecclesiazusae, The Frogs, The Knights, Peace, Plutus (Wealth), The Thesmophoriazusae, and The Wasps. The darker comedy of The Clouds satirizes Athenian philosophers, Socrates in particular, and reflects the uncertainties of a generation in which all traditional religious and ethical beliefs were being challenged.įor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. 388 bce), the greatest representative of ancient Greek comedy and the one whose works have been preserved in greatest quantity. ![]() In Lysistrata a band of women tap into the awesome power of sex in order to end a war. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta. Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. Three plays by the comedian of Ancient Greece ![]()
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