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Frogs

by Aristophanes · 1785

History · ranked #22 in category

Among extant Greek comedies, the Frogs is unique for the light it throws on classical Greek attitudes to tragedy and to literature in general. It merits a much more extensive commentary than it has so

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Category
History
First published
1785 · 1780s
Author
Aristophanes
Standing
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