by Ralph W. Mathisen. Oxford U. Press, 2020. ISBN 9780190080945.

$84.99 (list price, but see links below for possibly cheaper alternatives).

• Getting this book:
• Rent or buy (new, used, or digital) via the Lehman Bookstore. Rent or buy (new or used) via Valore Books or Amazon. Buy (new or used) via Abe Books or Alibris.
• A physical copy of the second edition should be on reserve at Lief Library.
• Try to get the current edition, especially if you’re buying a used copy. The first edition is significantly different from the second and third, and page numbers will not match up with later editions.

trans. by Andrew R. George. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 9780140449198.

$16.00.

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• A full online copy can be found at the Internet Archive.
• Rent or buy (new or used) via the Lehman Bookstore or Valore Books. Buy Kindle or paperback (new or used) via Amazon. Buy (new or used) via Abe Books, Alibris, Better World Books, or Powell’s.
• I strongly recommend the Andrew George edition because he translated directly from the source. It also has a very useful introduction. If you get another edition, make sure it is based on the Standard Version of the epic.
• I recommend against using a random online transcription of the text, as for this 4,500-year old text you definitely want an expert translation with good commentary and extrapolation such as the George.

ed. by Thomas G. West and Grace Starry West. Ithaca: Cornell Press, 1998. ISBN 9780801485749.

$14.95.

• Getting this book:
• A physical copy is available in the stacks at Lief Library.
• Hourly borrowing is available via the Internet Archive.
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• Four Texts on Socrates has Aristophanes’s Clouds, which we’ll be reading in class. The other works included in this text may help your interpretation of the play and especially your essay.
• There are basic transcriptions of Clouds online, but again the intro and notes will be vital to your appreciation of the play, so you should use this book or another full-text book edition.
• A full text Oxford 1921 translation of Clouds is available here.
• Other available online versions of Clouds include this one at Poetry in Translation.