The Birds / The Brothers Menaechmus: Two Classical Comedies - Softcover

Translated and edited by Peter D. Arnott, this edition of Aristophanes: The Birds and Plautus: The Brothers Menaechmus for performance and study is annotated and includes an introduction that describes ancient Greek stagecraft and the metamorphosis from the Old Greek Comedy to the New Comedy in its Roman form. Also included are a list of the principal dates in the lives of Aristophanes and Plautus as well as a selected bibliography.