Excerpt from The Comedies of Aristophanes, Vol. 2: The Clouds; The WaspsTwo other of the extant Comedies, the Peace and the Birds, were, we know, brought out in subsequent years at the Great Dionysia. In neither case did Aristophanes obtain the prize; but so far as our information extends, this is the only contest in which he was placed last of the three competitors.But the Clouds so exhibited and defeated was not in all respects precisely identical with the existing Play. Indignant at what he considered the unmerited slur cast upon his most brilliant achievement, Aristophanes carefully revised the entire Comedy. Some passages he rewrote, and these are now amongst its most notable features. It is this revised edition which we have in our hands.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.