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Aristophanes and Menander (New Comedies) - Women in Power & Wealth & The Malcontent & The Woman from Samos
Aristophanes & Menander Price: $27.95
Written in the century following the defeat of Athens by the Spartans
in the Peloponnesian War, these four plays signal a change of emphasis
in stage comedy more appropriate to the new world order of the fourth century
BC
Women in Power and Wealth complete the cycle of Aristophanes’ extant
plays begun in Aristophanes Plays: One and Aristophanes Plays: Two,
translated by Kenneth McLeish and J Michael Walton provide full
introductions; discussing the plays and placing them in their political
and social context
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