, and how far we can tentatively fill in the gaps in our knowledge. Sommerstein analyses the nature of the dramatic genre...... more

, and how far we can tentatively fill in the gaps in our knowledge. Sommerstein analyses the nature of the dramatic genre...... more

The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions thr... more

For eight centuries after his death Menander was the third most popular poet in the Greek-speaking w... more

The comedies of the Athenian dramatist Menander (c. 342-291 BC) and his contemporaries were the ulti... more

The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions thr... more

Following the volume of six fragmentary Sophoclean tragedies published in this series in 2006, Alan Sommerstein and...... more

and updated edition of his book Alan H. Sommerstein, analysing the seven extant plays of the Aeschylean corpus (one of...... more

Alan Sommerstein about various aspects of ancient Greek tragedy (and, in some cases, other related genres). It complements...... more

This book brings together fourteen studies by Alan Sommerstein on Aristophanes and his fellow comic dramatists, some of...... more

The Athenian tragic dramatist Sophocles wrote over 120 plays in his sixty-year career, of which only... more

Sommerstein presents a freshly constituted text, with introduction and commentary, of Eumenides, the climactic play of...... more

Clouds is a partly revised version of a play that failed when it was first produced. It has always f... more

The comedies of the Athenian dramatist Menander (c. 342-291 BC) and his contemporaries were the ulti... more

In Lysistrata and The Archarnians, politics as usual takes a backseat to the machinations of, respec... more

Lysistrata is the third and last of Aristophanes’ peace plays. It is a dream of peace, of how the wo... more

Following the volume of six fragmentary Sophoclean tragedies published in this series in 2006, Alan Sommerstein and...... more

A new translation of four of Aeschylus s finest works. Illuminating the tragic grandeur for which Ae... more

and translations by Alan H. Sommerstein of Persians (472), on the recent war, the only surviving Greek historical drama...... more

first volume of this new Loeb Classical Library edition contains fresh texts and translations by Alan H. Sommerstein of...... more

. Sommerstein of Persians (472), on the recent war, the only surviving Greek historical drama; Seven against Thebes (467), the third...... more

The importance of oaths to ancient Greek culture can hardly be overstated, especially in the politic... more

The Athenian tragic dramatist Sophocles wrote over 120 plays in his sixty-year career, of which only... more

In Peace, produced in 421 B.C., Aristophanes celebrates in anticipation the conclusion, after ten ye... more

. Alan Sommerstein’s celebrated edition, reprinted with revisions in 1991, presents the Greek text with facing-page...... more

Collects five comedies from Aristophanes, including "The Birds," in which two Athenians join the bir... more

This volume completes the twelve-volume series The Comedies of Aristophanes, begun in 1980, and is c... more

This volume completes the twelve-volume series The Comedies of Aristophanes, begun in 1980, and is c... more

This volume is the first edition with commentary since 1907 of Aristophanes’ last surviving play, in... more

Wasps was first produced at the Lenaea festival of 422 BC. The play is at once a political satire an... more