Fragments
By Aristophanes
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By Aristophanes
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The master of Old Comedy.
The eleven plays by Aristophanes that have come down to us intact brilliantly illuminate the eventful period spanned by his fortyyear career, beginning with the first production in 427 BC. But the Athenians knew much more of his work: over forty plays by Aristophanes were read in antiquity, of which nearly a thousand fragments survive. These provide a fuller picture of the poet’s ever astonishing comic vitality and a wealth of information and insights about his wor...
The eleven plays by Aristophanes that have come down to us intact brilliantly illuminate the eventful period spanned by his fortyyear career, beginning with the first production in 427 BC. But the Athenians knew much more of his work: over forty plays by Aristophanes were read in antiquity, of which nearly a thousand fragments survive. These provide a fuller picture of the poet’s ever astonishing comic vitality and a wealth of information and insights about his wor...






















