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Overall, most of them were more or less amusing but also very educational about contemporary times (including smelly Socrates). The notes and intros all are extremely useful, often even about the wordplays used and how the translators did in bringing those about in English (sometimes successfully, sometimes not). It's really nice to see how comedy doesn't change much, but this collection is not the best of Aristophanes' work. The Knights:Fun little competition games, but not much for plot.Peace:...
The Knights: 2/5. very confusing. Probably requires context I don't know. Peace: 3/5. very weird. would probably be funnier performed. alas, I am only one person. The Birds: 5/5. very funny, would read again. The Assembly Women: 4.5. funny but kind of Diet Lysistrata. anyway Aristophanes says women>men. Wealth: 3.5/5. funny satire but kind of confusing and boring. sorry.
I had never read Aristophanes, only seen his work performed (by students with a week's rehearsal), and the explosive surprise of his jokes is something that is very hard to contain on a page. The perfect plays to mess around with your friends with, if you're into that sort of thing.
