Carlo Ferdinando Russo's book has been a seminal work on Aristophanes since its publication in Italy in 1962. In his detailed analysis, Russo considers the plays as libretti for actors and singers rather than as mere texts, and never loses sight of the stage. This is the classic book about Aristophanes. Now finally available in English and much-updated, it is essential reading for any student of Athenian comedy.

Carlo Ferdinando Russo (Author)

1 THE THEATRICAL SEASONS AND THE DAWN OF COMEDY 2 CHRONOLOGY OF AN APPRENTICESHIP 3 ACHARNIANS 4 KNIGHTS 5 CLOUDS 6 WASPS 7 PEACE 8 BIRDS 9 LYSISTRATA 10 THESMOPHORIAZUSAE 11 FROGS 12 ASSEMBLY WOMEN 13 PLUTUS 14 ELEMENTS OF A THEATRICAL CAREER 15 THE DISORDERLY WASPS AND AN 18×2 TETRAMETER MODULE