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Birds

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Birds is generally recognized as one of Aristophanes' masterpieces, for its imaginative plot , and its charming and original lyrics. This abridgment of Nan Dunbar's widely acclaimed edition of Birds, published in 1995, preserves all the material designed to help the less advanced student of Greek or the non-specialist to translate, understand, and enjoy the play. It also retains the notes on staging, but the metrical, textual, and ornithological problems are dealt with more summarily, and purely illustrative parallels are omitted.

Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Pages: 552

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Release: June 04, 1998

ISBN: 0198721773

ISBN 13: 9780198721772

Birds

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Birds is generally recognized as one of Aristophanes' masterpieces, for its imaginative plot , and its charming and original lyrics. This abridgment of Nan Dunbar's widely acclaimed edition of Birds, published in 1995, preserves all the material designed to help the less advanced student of Greek or the non-specialist to translate, understand, and enjoy the play. It also retains the notes on staging, but the metrical, textual, and ornithological problems are dealt with more summarily, and purely illustrative parallels are omitted.

Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Pages: 552

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Release: June 04, 1998

ISBN: 0198721773

ISBN 13: 9780198721772

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