ARISTOPHANES

BY

REV. W. LUCAS COLLINS, M.A.

AUTHOR OF
‘ETONIANA,’ ‘THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,’ ETC.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MDCCCLXXII

CONTENTS.

PAGE
CHAP. [I.] [ INTRODUCTION,][1]
“ [ II.] [ THE KNIGHTS,][14]
“ [ III.] [ COMEDIES OF THE WAR: THE ACHARNIANS.—THE PEACE.—LYSISTRATA,][38]
“ [ IV.] [ THE CLOUDS,][75]
“ [ V.] [THE WASPS,][101]
“ [ VI.] [ THE BIRDS,][112]
“ [ VII.] [THE FROGS,][125]
“ [ VIII.] [ THE WOMEN’S FESTIVAL.—THE ECCLESIAZUSÆ,][139]
“ [ IX.] [ PLUTUS,][154]

NOTE.

In ‘The Knights,’ ‘The Acharnians,’ ‘The Birds,’ and ‘The Frogs,’ most of the translated extracts are taken, by permission, from the admirable version of those comedies by the late Mr Hookham Frere, and are marked (F.) For all translations not so marked the present writer is responsible.

ARISTOPHANES.