Aristophanes, a Study

Oxford University Press, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Clean, tight and sound copy. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Wrapper price clipped, rubbed, heavily chipped at spine ends and with a small hole. No inscriptions.x + 268 pages, index. From the library of the late Edward Whittle, Classics lecturer, University of Birmingham. For more… Read more about this item

Oxford Clarendon Press, 1933, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. -- The esteemed classical scholar Gilbert Murray in his preface defends Aristophanes during the 1930s and fascist activities, saying the ancient was "devoted to peace, poetry . . . laughing about them, except for the loss of peace." There is also a chapter on Menander. Includes chronological table… Read more about this item