{"product_id":"9781624661853","title":"Aristophanes and Menander: Three Comedies","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree Comedies\u003c\/i\u003e features the work of three dramatic geniuses of the glorious, no-holds-barred tradition of ancient Athenian comedy. Here Aristophanes, the eight-hundred-pound gorilla of Old and Middle Comedy meets Menander, elephant in the room of New Comedy, in a match made possible by Douglass Parker--if not Athenian exactly, or even ancient, possibly the maddest chameleon ever to absorb the true colors of an ancient choral song, transpose a lost pun, or channel a venerable, giant, dung-eating cockroach for the benefit of those who couldn’t be there the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTimothy J. Moore offers concise and informative introductions and notes to Parker’s brilliant translation of Aristophanes' fantastical \u003ci\u003ePeace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoney, the God\u003c\/i\u003e and Menander’s lively, domestic \u003ci\u003eSamia\u003c\/i\u003e--and includes, as a bonus, Parker's James Constantine Lecture at the University of Virginia, \"A Desolation Called \u003ci\u003ePeace\u003c\/i\u003e: Trials of an Aristophanic Translator.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65419421221213,"sku":null,"price":12.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781624661853.jpg?v=1790188979","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9781624661853","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}