Reviews
"One again [Kenneth Dover] shows himself master of comedic commentary--original, incisive, detailed, sensible, witty....This is extraordinary monument to its author and to the craft of positivist scholarship."--Bryn Mawr Classical Review"Dover has given us an edition to Frogs that is just as masterful, and in its own ways just as innovative, as his Clouds....An outstanding work by a great classical scholar, and it belongs in the library of every serious student of Greek literature."--Classical Bulletin"An edition like Dover's Frogs is an education in Greek diction, grammar, style and meter....This is a great work of scholarship."--The Classical Review, A brilliant introduction ... the commentary is full and fresh ... and includes help with translation, full metrical analyses, and plenty of visualization of the play in performance. Altogether a joy!, 'Once again D. shows himself master of comedic commentary - original, incisive, detailed, sensible, witty, as with Clouds, the commentary is perceptive, undogmatic, wide-ranging, amusing, unpredictable and a pleasure to read. Particularly welcome are its exquisitely detailed discussion ofmeter, frequent reference to secondary literature, and generous translation of colloquialisms, particles, obscure vocabulary, lyric. This is extraordinarily monument to its author and to the craft of positivist scholarship.'Richard Hamilton, Bryn awr College, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 5.2 (1994), 'Once again D. shows himself master of comedic commentary - original, incisive, detailed, sensible, witty, as with Clouds, the commentary is perceptive, undogmatic, wide-ranging, amusing, unpredictable and a pleasure to read. Particularly welcome are its exquisitely detailed discussion of meter, frequent reference to secondary literature, and generous translation of colloquialisms, particles, obscure vocabulary, lyric. This is extraordinarily monument to its author and to the craft of positivist scholarship.' Richard Hamilton, Bryn awr College, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 5.2 (1994) 23/09/1994, "One again [Kenneth Dover] shows himself master of comedic commentary--original, incisive, detailed, sensible, witty....This is extraordinary monument to its author and to the craft of positivist scholarship."--Bryn Mawr Classical Review "Dover has given us an edition toFrogsthat is just as masterful, and in its own ways just as innovative, as hisClouds....An outstanding work by a great classical scholar, and it belongs in the library of every serious student of Greek literature."--Classical Bulletin "An edition like Dover'sFrogsis an education in Greek diction, grammar, style and meter....This is a great work of scholarship."--The Classical Review, "One again [Kenneth Dover] shows himself master of comedic commentary--original, incisive, detailed, sensible, witty....This is extraordinary monument to its author and to the craft of positivist scholarship."--Bryn Mawr Classical Review "Dover has given us an edition to Frogs that is just as masterful, and in its own ways just as innovative, as his Clouds....An outstanding work by a great classical scholar, and it belongs in the library of every serious student of Greek literature."--Classical Bulletin "An edition like Dover's Frogs is an education in Greek diction, grammar, style and meter....This is a great work of scholarship."--The Classical Review
Synopsis
A brilliant new commentary on one of the most famous comedies from ancient Greece, Aristophanes' Frogs. Edited by one of the world's leading scholars on Aristophanes, the book includes the complete Greek text, a comprehensive introduction, and a full and lively commentary covering just about every point of interest in this richly rewarding and entertaining play. It also offers help with translation. A must for all serious students of Aristophanes., Among extant Greek comedies, the Frogs is unique for the light it throws on Classical Greek attitudes toward tragedy and literature in general. It merits a much more extensive commentary than it has so far received, and the establishment of the text itself has rested for over a century on collations which were inadequate and inaccurate. At the same time, its most problematic passages have been the subject, in recent years, of more scholarly articles than those of any other Greek play. In this introduction, edition, and commentary, Sir Kenneth Dover presents the relevant data, arguments, and considerations as fully as can reasonably be done in one volume., This new abridged edition of Aristophanes' Frogs provides the students with the text of the play and includes a detailed commentary and full introduction. Sir Kenneth Dover has now abridged the acclaimed edition which he first produced in 1993 and added a vocabulary which eliminates the need for recourse to a lexicon. The result is an edition which fits much more closely the needs of students.
