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Aristophanes, V, Fragments (Loeb Classical Library No. 502)

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Here we have a fantastic translator of Aristophanes, Jeffrey Henderson who has translated all 11 of Aristophanes' plays, who in this handy volume presents us with all the remaining fragments of the great comic playwright.

Translated and published in 2007, this is a welcome edition to go along with whatever you already know about Aristophanes!

I believe that without these fragments of his unknown plays, our picture of Aristophanes is incomplete and somewhat biased. And this goes for Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides as well. People who love the ancient playwrights need to know about what else they did besides what is already out there. That's why I love these Loeb Fragments editions! They reveal so much more about the dramatists' genius, art and ouvre.

Here's the breakdown of this ultra-rara Aristophanes volume:

1) TESTIMONIA (of Aristophanes):
Life, Father, Mother, Sons, Homeland, Era, Works and Competitions, Actors and Producers, Feud with Cleon, Socrates, Eupolis and Plagiarism, Baldness, Portraiture, Critical Judgements, Metrical Art, Editions and Commentaries, Epigrams.
2) ATTRIBUTED FRAGMENTS (of 36 Plays)
3) UNATTRIBUTED FRAGMENTS
4) DUBIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED FRAGMENTS
5) INDEX

This is a fantastic accompaniment to those seeking more comic relief outside Aristophanes' already known plays!