classical drama

A collection of classic Greek and Roman plays, including "Lysistrata", "The Birds", "The Grouch", "The Menaechmi", "Mostellaria", and "The Self-Tormentor".

Adaptations of classic comedies and tragedies.

Contains approximately four hundred alphabetically arranged entries that describe the history and development of eighty plays from ancient Greece and Rome, as well as their authors, settings, genres, characters, and themes.

Discusses the development of drama in Ancient Greece and Rome and includes three plays by Euripides, Aristophanes, and Plautus.

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.