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ARISTOPHANES, The Thesmophoriazusae. The Greek text revised with a free translation into English verse. Introduction and commentary by B.B. Rogers. With a preface by G. Murray. Bell, Londen, 1920. Reprint 1st ed.1904. XLVI,229p. Cloth. Gilt titling on spine. € 19.50 (Antiquarian)

ARISTOPHANES, Acharnians. Edited with translation and notes by Alan H. Sommerstein. Aris & Phillips, Warminster, 1980. VIII,215p. Paperback. A lot of pen annotations and photocopy's glued in. Traces of acid glue. Spine with serious reading traces. Cover grimy. Binding still tight. Personal review WGA loosely inserted. Sommerstein has provides an excellent general introduction on Aristophanes, his comedy, and the textual transmission, before presenting his text and translation in the Loeb style with an attenuated critical apparatus which lists only departures from the authoritative manuscript tradition. The text itself is judiciously independent. (...) The notes, which are linked to the translation, almost fulfill the function of a commentary. They are crisp, scholarly, and informative, especially on the minor historical figures.' (W. GEOFFREY ARNOTT in Greece & Rome, 1981, p.216). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 23.50 (Antiquarian)

ARISTOPHANES, Der Frieden. In der Bearbeitung von P. Hacks. Mit Zeichnungen von G. Horlbeck. Philipp Reclam, Leipzig, 1965. 122p. ills. Cloth wrps. Wrps yellowed and bit worn. Pages and edges bit yellowed. € 8.00 (Antiquarian)

ARISTOPHANES, The Frogs. Acted at Athens at the Lenaean Festival, B.C. 405. The Greek text revised with a Translation into corresponding metres, and original notes by B.B. Rogers. Bell and Sons, London, 1919. 2nd ed. XLVIII,274p. Cloth. Head and tail spine bit worn. With signatures on free endpaper. From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

ARISTOPHANES, Frösche. Einleitung, Text und Kommentar von L. Radermacher. Mit einem Nachwort, Zusätzen aus dem Handexemplar des Verfassers und weiteren Hinweisen besorgt von W. Kraus. Rohrer, Wien, 1954. 2nd ed. 377p. Sewn. Series: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, Sitzungsberichte, 198.Band, 4.Abhandlung.'This is an excellent commentary which deserves careful consideration from all students of Aristophanes.' (F.W. HALL on the first edition in The Classical Review, 1924, p.24). € 32.50 (Antiquarian)

ARISTOPHANES, Die Wolken. Erklärt von W.S. Teuffel. Teubner, Leipzig, 1867. IVI,184p. Bound. Pages yellowed. Some pencil annotations. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

ARISTOPHANES, The Clouds. With Introduction, English Prose Translation, Critical Notes and Commentary, including a new transcript of the Scholia in the Codex Venetus Marcianus 474 by W.J.M. Starkie. MacMillan, London, 1911. LXXXVIII,369p. Cloth. Spine gilt titled. Cover stained. Head spine damaged. From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 65.00 (Antiquarian)

ARISTOPHANES, Lysistrata. Translated with Introduction and Notes by J. Henderson. Focus, Cambridge Mass, 1988. VIII,83p. Paperback. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. Cover and spine a bit discoloured. From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 11.50 (Antiquarian)

ARISTOPHANES, Thesmophoriazusae. Edited with translation and notes by Alan H. Sommerstein. Aris & Phillips, Warminster, 1994. XII,242p. Paperback. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper.Thesmophoriazusae is one of Aristophanes' funniest comedies, but also one of his most neglected. Indeed, no full-length commentary has been published since Rogers' edition of 1911, and Alan H. Sommerstein's new text and translation of the play is accordingly even more welcome than the previous seven volumes in his widely praised ongoing series. Libraries everywhere will need to purchase this book, and many individual classicists will want to own a copy as well. As always, Sommerstein offers a Greek text on the left, a modestly idiomatic English translation on the right, and a commentary on the translation (keyed, however, to the numbers in the Greek text, and with constant reference to it) in the back. It is this commentary which will be of most interest to the average reader, and Sommerstein is here up to his usual high standard. His notes are crisp, clear and immensely well-informed, the bibliography is up-to-date, including some work which has appeared only in the last year, and in matters of staging in particular he seems to have thought the play through to a degree that no-one has before. Simply put, this is fine, solid work, and will be of immense value to readers of every sort. (...) In sum, this is an important and helpful edition of a play which should now, as a direct result of Sommerstein's efforts, be much more easily accessible to a wide audience of students and scholars.' (S. DOUGLAS OLSON in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 95.02.21). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 27.50 (Antiquarian)

ARISTOPHANES, Ecclesiazusae. Edited with introduction and commentary by R.G. Ussher. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1973. XLVII,259. Cloth wrps. 'Wenn man von den letzten Kommentaren des Gesamtwerks durch Blaydes und Van Leeuwen absieht, ist es überhaupt die erste moderne vollständig kommentierte Edition dieser Komödie. (...) Es ist ein umsichtig und solide gearbeitetes Buch. (...) Der ständige Bezug auf das dramatische Geschehen zeichnet die Erläuterungen des Kommentars (70-242) aus und hebt sie wohltuend gegen manche frühere, rein auf philologische Probleme ausgerichtete Eklärungen ab. Hilfreich sind die zahlreichen Verweise auf archäologisches Anschauungsmaterial (Vasen, Masken, u.a.). Ansonsten ist der Kommentar relativ ausgewogen zwischen (oft elementarer) Sprach- und Sacherklärung, wenn man auch dies oder jenes vermissen wird.' (HEINZ HOFMANN in Gymnasium, 1974, pp.554-55). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 39.50 (Antiquarian)