Frogs And Other Plays by Aristophanes
And Other Plays
A lively collection of Old Comedy that skewers Athenian politics, war, and cultural pretensions with irreverent humor, chorus-driven spectacle, and dazzling wordplay. Its centerpiece sends Dionysus on a riotous journey to the underworld to stage a literary showdown between rival tragedians, probing what kind of art can save a city in crisis. Elsewhere, citizens, jurors, philosophers, and even birds become vehicles for biting satire and utopian fantasy, exposing the follies of demagoguery, litigiousness, and sophistry while celebrating civic renewal, peace, and the reforming power of poetry.
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