The Comedies of Aristophanes. By T. Mitchell, A.M. London: John Murray, 1820-1822.
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THE IMPORTANT FIRST MITCHELL EDITION OF ARISTOPHANES. In 1813 Mitchell "commenced a series of articles in the Quarterly Review on Aristophanes and Athenian manners, the success of which subsequently induced him to undertake his spirited and accurate verse translation of Aristophanes" (ODNB). Upon receiving the first volume of this work, Byron wrote to the publisher John Murray: "Mitchell's Aristophanes is excellent. - Send me the rest of it"
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