Criticism and old comedy -- Comic heroism -- City and individual. Acharnians ;; Knights ;; Peace -- The war between the generations. Clouds ;; Wasps -- The anatomy of nothingness. Birds -- The war between the sexes. Lysistrata ;; Thesmophoriazusae -- Death and life. Frogs -- Discourse of fantasy -- Appendix. Karaghiozes and Aristophanic comedy
Notes
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Bibliography
Bibliographical references included in "Notes"; (pages 297-328)