Clouds, Wasps, Peace (Aristophanes - Loeb 488)

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Author: Aristophanes ISBN: 9780674995376 Binding: hardcover Section: Loeb Classics Aristophanes of Athens, one of the world’s greatest comic dramatists, has been admired since anti quity for his iridescent wit and beguiling fantasy, exuberant language, and brilliant satire of the social, intellectual, and political life of Athens at its height. The Loeb Classical Library edition of his plays is in four volumes. Three plays are in Volume II. Socrates’ “Thinkery” is at the center of Clouds, which spoofs untraditional techniques for educating young men. Wasps satirizes Athenian enthusiasm for jury service. In Peace, a rollicking attack on war-makers, the hero travels to heaven on a dung beetle to discuss the issues with Zeus. Show more