Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae is the story of a quarrel between the tragic playwright Euripides and Athens' women, who accuse him of slandering them in his plays. Austin and Olson offer a fresh text of the play; an extensive introduction; and a detailed commentary; most Greek cited in the introduction and commentary is translated, and much of the edition is accessible to non-specialists.
mortal error of theorizing splits in experience that only seem to be).192 Rather, it is learning to use those senses, ... both hearing and seeing what follows (what will be seen; his are truly deceptive words, 'there simply is no need .
What can be certain is that his legacy of surviving plays is in effect both a treasured legacy but also in itself the only surviving texts of Ancient Greek comedy.
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Aristophanes: The Lysistrata. The Thesmophoriazusae. The Ecclesiazusae. The Plutus
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‡Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, 52ff. §For a longer study, see Kennerly, “The Mock Rock Topos.” *Nieddu, “A Poet at Work,” 334, n. 11. †Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, 160, 167. ‡Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, 171.
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ARISTOPHANES suggests that he was an unsuccessful playwright; as it happens, none of his work (or that of his father) survives. [ANCIENT SOURCES : Aristophanes, Frogs 151, Knights 401, Peace 803] ...
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