Aristophanes <br/><br/>
Thesmophoriazusae / 
Aristophanes ; edited with introduction and commentary, Colin Austin and S. Douglas Olson. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  2004. 
 - cvi, 363 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/> "Aristophanes' brilliantly inventive Thesmophoriazusae is the story of the crucial moment in a quarrel between the tragic playwright Euripides and Athens' women, who accuse him of slandering them in his plays and are holding a meeting at a secret festival to set a penalty for his crimes. <br/>Thesmophoriazusae is full of wild slapstick humour and devastating literary parody, and is a basic source for questions of gender and sexuality in late 5th century Athens and for the popular reception of Euripidean tragedy. Austin and Olson offer a text based on a fresh examination of the papyri and manuscripts, and a detailed commentary covering a wide range of literary, historical, and philological issues. The introduction includes sections on the date and historical setting of the play; the Thesmophoria festival; Aristophanes' handling of Euripidean tragedy; staging; and the history of modern critical work on the text. All Greek in the introduction and commentary not cited for technical reasons is translated." -- Back cover. 
<br/><br/><br/>Text in Greek with introduction and commentary in English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199265275  hardback 0199265275   hardback 9780199553839   paperback 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/> Aristophanes Thesmophoriazusae <br/>Demeter (Greek deity) --In literature
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political satire<br/>Greek drama (Comedy)--Criticism, Textual
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Athens (Greece)--In literature
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>882.01