Six Classical Greek Comedies: Birds; Frogs; Women in Power; the Woman from Samos; Cyclops and Alkestis

Six wide ranging classic plays with introduction by the editor




The comedies of the Athenian theatre not only lie at the root of Western drama, they also offer a unique insight into everyday life in ancient Greece. This selection of six wide ranging plays includes the comic fantasies of Aristophanes, which combine the ridiculous with serious satirical comment (Birds, Frogs, Women in Power); Menander's The Woman from Samos, a recognisable forebear of today's situation comedy; Euripides ribald ...