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'No matter which way you look at us, you'll find that we're in all respects; Remarkably wasp-like in our habits, in every aspect of our lives.' <p>Aristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy, an exuberant form of festival drama which flourished in Athens during the fifth century BCE. 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 manipulat
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- Author
- Aristophanes, Prof Stephen Halliwell
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2024
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780198900221
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Collections, History, Linguistics
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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