Author:Aristophanes

Aristophanes
(c. 445 BCE – 385 BCE)

Aristophanes

Works

Comedies

• Acharnians (425 BCE)

  The Acharnians, trans. John Hookham Frere [1839] (1909 edition)

• Knights (424 BCE)

  The Knights, trans. John Hookham Frere [1839] (1909 edition)

  The Knights, pub. by the Athenian Society (1912)

• Clouds (423 BCE, revised c. BCE)

  The Clouds, trans. William James Hickie (1853)

• Wasps (422 BCE)

  The Wasps, pub. by the Athenian Society (1912)

  The Wasps, trans. William James Hickie (1853)

• Peace (421 BCE, 1st ed.)

  Peace, pub. by the Athenian Society (1912)

• Birds (414 BCE)

  The Birds, trans. John Hookham Frere [1839] (1909 edition)

  The Birds, pub. by the Athenian Society (1912)

• Lysistrata (411 BCE)

  Lysistrata, pub. by the Athenian Society (1912)

• Thesmophoriazusae (c. 410 BCE, 1st ed.)

  The Thesmophoriazusæ, pub. by the Athenian Society (1912)

• Frogs (405 BCE)

  The Frogs of Aristophanes, trans. Gilbert Murray [1908] (1912 edition)

  The Frogs, pub. by the Athenian Society (1912)

• Ecclesiazusae "Assemblywomen" (c. 392 BCE)

  The Ecclesiazusæ, trans. William James Hickie (1853)

• Plutus "Wealth" (388 BCE, revised ed.)

  Plutus, pub. by the Athenian Society (1912)

Compilations

Complete collections

• The Comedies of Aristophanes, 2 vols., trans. C. A. Wheelwright (1837)
• The Comedies of Aristophanes, 2 vols., trans. William James Hickie (1853). (part of Bohn's Classical Library)

  Vol. I (transcription project)

  Vol. II (transcription project)

• The Comedies of Aristophanes, edited, translated, and explained, 6 vols., trans. Benjamin Bickley Rogers (1902–1916)
• Aristophanes: The Eleven Comedies, trans. anonymously, (1912). (published by the Athenian Society; presumed to be the work of Oscar Wilde)

Partial collections

• The Comedies of Aristophanes. viz: The Clouds, Plutus, The Frogs, The Birds, trans. Cumberland, Fielding, Dunster, and Bail, (1812)
• The Comedies of Aristophanes, 2 vols., (4 plays) trans. T. Mitchell (1820–1822)
• The Acharnians, Knights, Wasps, and Birds of Aristophanes, translated into English prose, trans. by J. W. Warter (1830)
• The Comedies of Aristophanes, 3 vols. [only vol. I published], (3 plays) trans. Benjamin Dann Walsh (1837)
• The Acharnians, and two other Plays of Aristophanes, trans. John Hookham Frere, [1839] (1909). (Everyman's edition; includes Acharnians, Knights, Birds)
• Eight Comedies of Aristophanes, translated into rhymed metres, trans. Leonard-Hampson Rudd (1867)

Works about Aristophanes

• “Aristophanes”, by George Edward Lynch Cotton in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1870.
• "Aristophanes", by John Henry Wright, in Masterpieces of Greek Literature (1902)
• "Aristophanes," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
• "Aristophanes," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
• "Aristophanes," by Richard Claverhouse Jebb in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Aristophanes," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• "Aristophanes," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)

On his works

• Aristophanes, by William Lucas Collins, 1872. (abridged versions of the plays, with comments)
• "Comedy: Aristophanes", Chapter XIII. in A History of Ancient Greek Literature by Gilbert Murray, 1901.
• "Aristophanes as a Student of Society" by Arthur Fairbanks in The American Journal of Sociology 8(5): 655–666, 1903.
• "The Termination -κός, as used by Aristophanes for Comic Effect", by Charles W. Peppler, American Journal of Philology 31(4): 428–444, 1910.
• "The Suffix -μα in Aristophanes", by Charles W. Peppler, American Journal of Philology 37(4): 459–465, 1916.
• "Birds, The," by Paul Shorey in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)