aristophanes

A research and study guide to the plays of Greek dramatist Aristophanes, featuring biographical information about the playwright, and providing plot summaries, character lists, and critical views on four plays.

Provides an overview of the origins and development of ancient comedy, and analyzes depictions of intergenerational conflict, especially between fathers and sons, as they appear in the comedic plays of Aristophanes, Menander, Platus, and Terence.