Project Gutenberg 2005-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 215 Aristophanes -450 -388 Αριστοφάνης Ἀριστοφάνης Aristófanes Aristofanes The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 With Translator's Foreword, an Introduction to each Comedy, and Elucidatory Notes The wasps -- The birds -- The frogs -- The Thesmophoriazusae -- The Ecclesiazusae -- Plutus. Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Thomas Berger, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2" by Aristophanes is a collection of comedic plays, written during the classical period of ancient Greece. This volume includes translations of several of Aristophanes' notable works, with a focus on satire directed at various aspects of Athenian life and society, particularly highlighting the absurdities of legal proceedings and social customs through clever characters and engaging plots. The opening portion of the volume introduces "The Wasps," one of Aristophanes' comedies, which centers around Philocleon, an elderly man obsessed with his role as a juryman, and his son, Bdelycleon, who wishes to help him abandon this unhealthy obsession. Bdelycleon's attempts to keep his father from attending the courts lead to humorous escapades, including Philocleon's ludicrous efforts to escape imprisonment in their home. The opening part sets the stage for a vivid exploration of the comical struggles between father and son, the farcical elements of their conflict, and Aristophanes' pointed commentary on the Athenian judicial system and the obsession with litigation that characterized his society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Comedy plays Greek drama (Comedy) -- Translations into English Athens (Greece) -- Drama Aristophanes -- Translations into English PA Text Classical Antiquity Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore Category: Classics of Literature 743750 2025-08-04T06:51:37.626751 text/html 743567 2025-01-11T21:53:57.103080 text/html 347746 2025-08-04T06:51:49.260248 application/epub+zip 357630 2025-08-04T06:51:40.823739 application/epub+zip 341867 2025-08-04T06:51:39.464769 application/epub+zip 650832 2025-08-04T06:51:55.184218 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 606089 2025-08-04T06:51:48.347226 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 565079 2022-09-04T11:33:47.590303 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 635182 2025-08-04T06:51:36.922795 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 629925 2021-01-02T09:42:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18845 2025-08-04T06:51:55.349165 application/rdf+xml 16135 2025-08-04T06:51:39.947752 image/jpeg 4003 2025-08-04T06:51:39.705743 image/jpeg 246201 2021-01-02T09:42:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 344436 2025-08-04T06:51:37.678793 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia