Bibliograph

Three comedies, The birds; The clouds; The wasps

Type

Label

Three comedies, The birds; The clouds; The wasps

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Three comedies

Medium

electronic resourceAristophanes.

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Ann Arbor paperbacks, AA153

Sub title

The birds; The clouds; The wasps

Summary

The play begins with a strange scene-a large net has been spread over a house, the entry is barricaded and two slaves are sleeping in the street outside. A third man is positioned at the top of an exterior wall with a view into the inner courtyard but he too is asleep. The two slaves wake and we learn from their banter that they are keeping guard over a 'monster'. The man asleep above them is their master and the monster is his father-he has an unusual disease

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

BirdsCloudsWasps

Classification