Author : Aristophanes Aristophanes
Release : 2017-07-16
Genre : Drama
Kind : eBook
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Download or read book The Comedies of Aristophanes written by Aristophanes Aristophanes. This book was released on 2017-07-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Comedies of Aristophanes: The Frogs; The Ecclesiazusae Aeschylus therefore it is who reascends to earth, to do what he can for the city in her hour of need. Yet the decision, though made without the slightest reference to the dramatic merits of the two contending tragedians, carries with it, strangely enough 1, the right to occupy the Tragic Chair. All this curious jumble is occasioned by the clashing of the two motives, the motive of the poetical contest, and the motive of the general plot of the comedy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.