The Frogs
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Aristophanes, _the greatest of comic writers in Greek and in the opinion of many, in any language, is the only one of the Attic comedians any of whose works has survived in complete form He was born in Athens about the middle of the fifth century B C, and had his first comedy produced when he was so young that his name was withheld on account of his youth. He is credited with over forty plays, eleven of which survive…
Details
- AuthorAristophanes
- SourceProject Gutenberg #7998
- Length12,911 words · 52 min of reading
- Chapters7
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
7 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01Translations By
- 02INTRODUCTORY NOTE
- 03Servants of Pluto, &c._
- 04DIO. Aye, save _my shoulder's aching._
- 05DIO. Again
- 06EUR. _Then he became the wretchedest of men._
- 07EUR. _Persuasion's only shrine is eloquent speech._
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