Aristophanes : Volume III. Birds. Lysistrata. Women at the Thesmophoria. (Loeb Classical Library, No 179)

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Summary: THE modern Aristophanes translation
Review: Professor Henderson's new translations of Aristophanes are uncensored, readable, fresh, and ultimately extremely enjoyable. He captures how Aristophanes probably would write if he lived today, with frank yet poetic language that brings these comedic gems to light. I have heard Professor Henderson's translation of Women at the Thesmophoria read aloud; the only thing funnier--and raunchier--I have heard since then has been a reading of his translation of Assemblywomen. Somehow Aristophanes manages to entertain his audience with the lowest of humor while invoking serious intellectual themes. (Imagine if people like Adam Sandler had brains. . .)
N.B. This is not your grandmother's Greek theater! Aristophanes, particularly as rendered by Professor Henderson, will make you rethink your notion of the Classics as dull, snooty, Stoic dust-gatherers in the far corner of the libary.
Enjoy!