Aristophanes (448-after 385 BC) was the greatest of the writers of the Old Comedy, which flourished in Athens in the 5th century BC, and the only one with any complete plays surviving. He wrote at least 36 comedies, of which 11 are extant. The Old...

Robert Neil, Aristophanes' Knights (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1901); Maurice Platnauer, Aristophanes' Peace (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964); Kenneth Dover, Aristophanes' Clouds (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1968); Douglas...

Aristophanes of Athens was judged in antiquity to be the foremost poet of Old Attic Comedy, a theatrical genre of which he was one of the last practitioners and of which his eleven surviving plays are the only complete examples. His plays are valued...

Jeffrey Henderson, editor and translator Aristophanes. Volume 1: Acharnians, Knights; 408 pages, $19.95. Volume 2: Clouds, Wasps, Peace; 606 pages, $19.95. Loeb Classical Library/Harvard University Press. The revitalization of the Loeb Classical Library continues apace, at least for some major Greek authors....

We popped into the American Repertory Theatre last week for "Lysistrata," Aristophanes' bawdy anti-war comedy adapted by outgoing artistic director Robert Brustein. We ran into Brustein in the lobby, and talked about how the show has been knocked in the press. "Bizarre," he said....

Sections of an ancient Greek theater were discovered on Thursday during construction work in an Athens suburb, archaeologists said.Until now, only two such buildings were known in the ancient city where western theater originated more than 2,500 years ago.Fifteen rows of concentric stone seats have...

At first glance, the cover of Susan Sontag’s final book—the almost-complete manuscript she left at her death in December 2004—seems antiseptic and ultra-modern, like an architectural photograph of the Düsseldorf School. Designed by Winterhouse, a small press run by her friend William Drenttel, it features...

The difference of poetic tone between Aristophanes' "Lysistrata" and Euripides' "Medea" could not be more apparent. However, both plays share similar characteristics. Both include female characters who contradict the stereotypical woman and possess characteristics similar to the Homeric Greek warrior. These characters are shrewd, powerful, masculine women who use the art of manipulation to accomplish their goals.