Aristophanes: Four Comedies

by Aristophanes, Dudley Fitts (Translator)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156027656
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	01/06/2003
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.