| Wealth: The Comedies of Aristophanes Vol. 11 Contributor(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. (Editor), Sommerstein, Alan H. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0856687391 ISBN-13: 9780856687396 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $54.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2001 Annotation: This volume is the first edition with commentary since 1907 of AristophanesAe 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 worlduin this case the concentration of wealth in the hands of those who donAet deserve it at the expense of those who do. To achieve this he needs the aid of no less than three gods, and the play contains the fullest single surviving account of a visit to a sanctuary of the healing god Asclepius. This volume will include the ADDENDA to all previous plays, but the INDEXES proved far more extensive than anticipated and will now be published as a separate volume 12 to complete the Aristophanes series. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece - Drama | Ancient & Classical - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 882.01 |
| LCCN: 2003427779 |
| Lexile Measure: 1070 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.08" W x 8.56" (1.15 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 ... |
