The Knights, Peace, Wealth/the Birds, the Assemblywomen (Record no. 21102)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 00949nam a2200145 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780140443325 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0140443320 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 882 |
| Item number | ARI |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Aristophanes |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Knights, Peace, Wealth/the Birds, the Assemblywomen |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Penguin Books |
| Place of publication | London |
| Year of publication | 1977 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 335 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The plays in this volume all contain Aristophanes' trademark bawdy comedy and dazzling verbal agility. In The Birds, two frustrated Athenians join the birds to build the utopian city of 'Much Cuckoo in the Clouds'. The Knights is a venomous satire on Cleon, a prominent Athenian demagogue, while The Assembly Women deals with the battle of the sexes as the women of Athens infiltrate the all-male Assembly in disguise. The lengthy conflict with Sparta is the subject of Peace, inspired by the hope of a settlement in 421 BC, and Wealth reflects on the economic catastrophe that hit Athens after the war. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Lending Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Stacks | 31/12/1994 | Purchased | 191.25 | 882 ARI | 002825 | Lending Books |