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The Birds and Other Plays

By Aristophanes, David Barrett (Translator), Alan Sommerstein (Translator)
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By Aristophanes, David Barrett (Translator), Alan Sommerstein (Translator)
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Five comedies from Ancient Greece that freely blend satire and slapstick

Offering a window into the world of ordinary Athenians, Aristophanes' The Birds and Other Plays is a timeless set of comedies, combining witty satire and raucous slapstick to wonderful effect. The plays in this volume all contain Aristophanes' trademark bawdy comedy and dazzling verbal agility. In The Birds, two cunning Athenians persuade the birds to build the utopian city of 'Much Cuckoo in the Clouds' in the sky, blo...

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