Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Frogs of Aristophanes
So in the Frogs, in which he turns to literary eriti cism, he shows the same conservative spirit. His hostility to Euripides is foumled Upon the sophistical nature of his works; in fact the Demagogues, the Sophists and Euri pides were looked Upon by him as three different forms of the same poison which was corrupting the moral character of the nation.
The play falls into cwo parts, as will be seen from the synopsis, the first describing the adventures of Dionysus and Xanthias on their journey, while the second describes a poetical contest between Aischylus and Euripides, the two great tragic ports to decide which of them Dionysus shall take back with him to the Upper World. This part of the play, which consists of an elaborate parody on the styles of the two poets, has little interest for a modern audience as compared with the first part. And in the edition which is being acted has accordingly been considerably abridged. Lt hoped, however, that enough has been retained to enable the audience to grasp the general tone and drift of Aristophanes' criticism.
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