Aristophanes (Trans Douglas Young): The Burdies : A Comedy in Scots Verse from the Greek of Aristophanes

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Aristophanes (Trans Douglas Young) : The Burdies : A Comedy in Scots Verse from the Greek of Aristophanes

Douglas Young, Tayport, Fife, Scotland, 1959

Unique, comic, Caledonian version of Aristophanes "Birds" as performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1959. The translator was an ardent Scottish nationalist, as well as a classical scholar, and has added a handy glossary and explanatory notes for any visiting Sassenachs ignorant of either the riches of the Scots dialect, or of the ornithology of Scotland.84p.Original paper covers loosening.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Stapled Wraps

1st.UK Ed.

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