Text, with (German) Notes, etc.: Separate Plays: edit. Kock. Text, with Notes, etc.: Separate Plays: edit. Rev. W. W. Merry. 1887-1901. Translation: English, by W. J. Hickie. (Bohn's Classical Library.) Translation: English verse, 'Knights,' 'Acharnians,' 'Clouds,' 'Wasps,' by Mitchell. 1822. Translation: English verse, 'Knights,' 'Acharnians,' 'Birds,' 'Frogs,' 'Peace,' by Hookham Frere. 1871. Translation: English verse, Various Plays, by B. Bickley Rogers. 1867 onwards. Translation: French, by C. Poyard. ("Chefs-d'oeuvre des Littératures Anciennes." Paris, Hachette. 1875.) Translation: French, by Eugène Talbot, with Preface by Sully Prudhomme. 2 vols. Paris, Lemerre. 1897. Translation: German, by Droysen. "Aristophanes" (Ancient Classics for English Readers): edit. W. Lucas Collins. 1897. "Aristophane et l'ancienne Comédie attique," par Auguste Couat. Paris. 1889. "Aristophane et les Partis à Athens," par Maurice Croiset. Paris, Fontemoing. 1906. "Beiträge zur inneren Geschichte Athens im Zeitalter des Pelopon. Krieges," G. Gilbert. Leipzig. 1877. "Die attischen Politik seit Perikles," J. Beloch. Leipzig. 1884. "Aristophanes und die historische Kritik," Müller-Strübing. Leipzig. 1873. Footnotes: [1] Ancient Classics for English Readers: Aristophanes, by Lucas Collins, Introductory Chapter, p. 2. [2] "Aristophane": Traduction Nouvelle, par C. Poyard (Paris, 1875): Introduction. [3] Ancient Classics for English Readers: "Aristophanes," by Lucas Collins. Introductory Chapter, p. 12. THE KNIGHTS INTRODUCTION This was the fourth play in order of time produced by Aristophanes on the Athenian stage; it was brought out at the Lenaean Festival, in January, 424 B.C. Of the author's previous efforts, two, 'The Revellers' and 'The Babylonians,' were apparently youthful essays, and are both lost. The other, 'The Acharnians,' forms the first of the three Comedies dealing directly with the War and its disastrous effects and urging the conclusion of Peace; for this reason it is better ranged along with its sequels, the 'Peace' and the 'Lysistrata,' and considered in conjunction with them.