Aristophanes; Maurice Platnauer (Ed. )MareMagnum
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1964Many pencil notes to greek text and rear endpapers. Else minor shelfwear to book. DJ spine browned. DJ has chipping and a few tears ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
1964Very light shelfwear to book. DJ has light rubbing and edgewear. DJ spine a bit browned. ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
1970Light shelfwear to book. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (Robert Brown). Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). DJ has chipping and a few tears (2-3 cm). ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
1964Light shelfwear to book. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). DJ has light rubbing and edgewear. DJ spine a bit browned. ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
1904Spine and part of wraps have been crudely reinforced with masking tape while inner hinges have been reinforced with cellotape. Some creasing to wraps. Wraps are browned. Internally VG. ; Greek text with Latin Commentary; 156 pages
1905Light foxing. Corners are bumped. Some rubbing to spine. Institution plate to inner cover (Magdalen College Classical Library). No other ex-library markings or stamps. ; English Introduction and Commentary with Greek Text. ; 188 pages
1970Staple holes to bottom corner of book for first few pages. Hole to top corner of some pages. ; Mentor Series; 128 pages; Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led by the title character, the women of the warring city-states of Greece agree to withhold sexual favors with their husbands until they agree to cease fighting. The war of the sexes that ensues makes Lysistrata a comedy without peer in the history of theater.
1978Scholar's name to ffep. Pages tanned. Light bump to base of spine. DJ is price-clipped. DJ has chipping and a couple of small tears. ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
1971Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (Robert Brown). Very light shelfwear. DJ has chipping and a few small tears with tiny loss to head of spine. ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
1971Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. DJ has edgewear with a couple of small tears. ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
1964Sticker damage to rear wrap over barcode. Else VG. ; Penguin Classics; 7.0 X 4.3 X 0.5 inches; 224 pages
1920Light edgewear to spine ends and corners. Very light pencil to a few pages. ; Greek text along with a facing English Translation. Extensive commentary below the text. ; 8vo; 229 pages
19737.7 X 5.0 X 0.7 inches; 256 pages
1973A bit of creasing to wraps. Edgewear to spine ends with slight colour loss. Old price sticker to rear wrap. ; 7.7 X 5.0 X 0.7 inches; 256 pages
1984Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing to top of textblock. Some foxing to DJ. Minor yellowing to DJ. ; Alternate ISBN: 0856681679 ; The Comedies of Aristophanes: Vol. 1; 215 pages
1985Scholars' name to halftitle (Mark Golden). Light shelfwear. ; The Comedies of Aristophanes: Vol. 5; 196 pages
1965Collection of ancient Greek comedies by various translators Edited by Robert W.Corrigan. Includes Aristophanes : Lysistrata,The Birds, Peace,Plutus. and Menander : The Grouch Book
2015Apodos kai scholia Kostas Barnales. The play is a satire on the social and political life of classical Athens during the Peloponnesian War and in this respect it is typical of all the dramatist's early plays. It is unique however in the relatively small number of its characters and this was due to its scurrilous preoccupation with one man, the pro-war populist Cleon 118p. Book
2015Apodos kai scholia Kostas Barnales. This seems to be a re-issue of the text published by Ellenika Grammata in 1998. 116p. Book
1959Unique, comic, Caledonian version of Aristophanes "Birds" as performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1959. The translator was an ardent Scottish nationalist, as well as a classical scholar, and has added a handy glossary and explanatory notes for any visiting Sassenachs ignorant of either the riches of the Scots dialect, or of the ornithology of Scotland.84p.Original paper covers loosening. Book
1962New English versions of Lysistrata, The Frogs, The Birds, and Ladies' Day. "Thanks to Dudley Fitts...we can appreciate Aristophanes' vigor, his robust style, his scorching wit, his earthy humor, his devotion to honesty and his poetic imagination" 341p.index Book
1959An amusing translation of Aristophanes "Thesmophoriazusae" in which a bunch of feisty Athenian dames discover an interloper at their female only fertility festival. The author's send up of the poetic excesses of fellow dramatist Euripides is well rendered by this translator for a contemporary audience to enjoy.134p, notes index Very crisp copy, almost as new. Book
1994Reprinted from "Aristophanes : the Eleven Comedies" Translated by Sir Louis Sterling?] originally published by The Athenian Society. London 1912.This edition in the Dover Thrift Editions series 1994 54p. Book
1991Plays for Performance Series." "Aristophanes' great anti-war drama glorifies the power of fertility in the face of destruction. Mr. Rudall's new translation recaptures the splendid variety of diction in Aristophanes, so that instead of a heavily poetic presentation the play becomes highly theatrical" 65p. Book