{"product_id":"frogs-and-other-plays-by-aristophanes-9780140449693","title":"Frogs and Other Plays","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRevised edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe master of ancient Greek comic drama, Aristophanes combined slapstick, humour and cheerful vulgarity with acute political observations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Frogs\u003c\/em\u003e, written during the Peloponnesian War, Dionysus descends to the Underworld to bring back a poet who can help Athens in its darkest hour, and stages a great debate to help him decide between the traditional wisdom of Aeschylus and the brilliant modernity of Euripides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe clash of generations and values is also the object of Aristophanes' satire in \u003cem\u003eThe Wasps\u003c\/em\u003e, in which an old-fashioned father and his loose-living son come to blows and end up in court.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd in \u003cem\u003eThe Poet and the Women\u003c\/em\u003e, Euripides, accused of misogyny, persuades a relative to infiltrate an all-women festival to find out whether revenge is being plotted against him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46514415632620,"sku":"9780140449693","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27384703482237.jpg?v=1748884065","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/frogs-and-other-plays-by-aristophanes-9780140449693","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}