![]() Themophoria was an all-women religious ritual. I can see this working well in performance. Here, Aristophanes plays on this idea in a ridiculous way. He made fun of this criticism of himself in his own plays. (aka: Thesmophoriazusae, or Women at the Thesmophoria)Įuripides was famous for treating women poorly in his plays, even though he really has strong female roles. That's maybe impressive or maybe just why the play seems immature. ![]() ![]() They form the chorus.Īristophanes was somewhere around 20 years old when this was produced, which was very young for Athenian playwrights. The wasps are a group of old cranky jurors who come to bring Procleon to court. His wealthy son, named Anticleon, tries to curtail this obsession, even imprisoning Procleon in their home. Here an old father, named Procleon, is obsessed with being a juror in Athenian courts everyday. In general they are raunchy and funny, but also have very serious points, even direct political advice for wartime Athens.Īristophanes mocks on the Athenian leader at the time, Creon. Aristophanes is the only representative of Old Greek Comedy remaining. Greek comedy had a long history and even the tragic playwrights wrote raunchy, silly comedies in the form of satyr plays. The other two plays were more like meh sitcoms, or maybe I just wasn't in the mood. The play Frogs is a gem, and includes maybe the earliest literary criticism available, albeit done in humor. The Frogs and Other Plays (The Wasps & The Poet and the Women) by Aristophanes, translated by David Barrettįormat: 217 page Penguin Classic paperback, 1966 re-print Greek comedy had a long history and even the tragic playwrig 59. The Frogs and Other Plays (The Wasps & The Poet and the Women) by Aristophanes, translated by David Barrett translation 1964 format: 217 page Penguin Classic paperback, 1966 re-print acquired: 2006, from my neighbor read: Sep 6-8 rating: 3½ stars The play Frogs is a gem, and includes maybe the earliest literary criticism available, albeit done in humor. Featuring expansive introductions to each play and detailed explanatory notes, the volume also includes an illuminating appendix, which provides information and selected fragments from the lost plays of Aristophanes.ĥ9. The volume presents Clouds, with its famous caricature of the philosopher Socrates Women at the Thesmophoria (or Thesmophoriazusae), a work which mixes elaborate parody of tragedy with a great deal of transvestite burlesque and Frogs, in which the dead tragedians Aeschylus and Euripides engage in a vituperative contest of 'literary criticism' of each other's plays. This vibrant collection of verse translations of Aristophanes' works combines historical accuracy with a sensitive attempt to capture the rich dramatic and literary qualities of Aristophanic comedy. One of the most original playwrights in the entire Western tradition, his comedies are remarkable for their brilliant combination of fantasy and satire, their constantly inventive manipulation of language, and their use of absurd characters and plots to expose his society's institutions and values to the bracing challenge of laughter. One of the most original playwrights in the entire Western tradition, his comedies are remarkable for their brilliant combination of fantasy and satire, their constantly inventive manipulation of language, and th Aristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy, an exuberant form of festival drama which flourished in Athens during the fifth century BC. Aristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy, an exuberant form of festival drama which flourished in Athens during the fifth century BC.
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