Ladies Day (Thesmophoriazusae)
by Aristophanes
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine - Price Clipped
- Seller
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt,Brace & Company, 1959 Book. Illus. by Trans. Dudley Fitts. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. An amusing translation of Aristophanes "Thesmophoriazusae" in which a bunch of feisty Athenian dames discover an interloper at their female only fertility festival. The author's send up of the poetic excesses of fellow dramatist Euripides is well rendered by this translator for a contemporary audience to enjoy.134p, notes index Very crisp copy, almost as new..
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039019
- Title
- Ladies Day (Thesmophoriazusae)
- Author
- Aristophanes
- Illustrator
- Trans. Dudley Fitts
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine - Price Clipped
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Harcourt,Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- GREEK DRAMA PLAYS ARISTOPHANES THESMOPHORIAZUSAE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Greek Drama - Ancient; Aristophanes; Greek Comedy;
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KALAMOS BOOKS
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