Aristophanes: Four Comedies

New English versions of Lysistrata, The Frogs, The Birds, and Ladies' Day. Thanks to Dudley Fitts...we can appreciate Aristophanes' vigor, his robust style, his scorching wit, his earthy humor, his devotion to honesty and his poetic imagination (Brooks Atkinson, New York Times). Index.


Author: Aristophanes
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 01/06/2003
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.66w x 0.98d
ISBN: 9780156027656

About the Author
Fitts, Dudley: - Dudley Fitts (1903-1968), a renowned poet, critic and translator, authored and translated over 20 books. One of the preeminent twentieth century scholars of Greek literature, his English translations of the ancient Greek classics are much praised for their accessibility and their appeal to contemporary readers.