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Lysistrata and Other Plays

By Aristophanes

Lysistrata and Other Plays

By Aristophanes

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The Acharnians/The Clouds/Lysistrata 'We women have the salvation of Greece in our hands' Writing at a time of political and social crisis in Athens, the ancient Greek comic playwright Aristophanes was an eloquent, yet bawdy, challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. In Lysistrata and The Acharnians, two pleas for an end to the long war between Athens and Sparta, a band of women on a sex strike and a lone peasant respectively defeat the political establishment. The darker comedy of The Clouds satirizes Athenian philosophers, Socrates in particular, and reflects the uncertainties of a generation in which all traditional religious and ethical beliefs were being challenged. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Alan H. Sommerstein
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
304
Release Date:
2003-01-30
Publication Date:
2003-01-30
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0140448144
ISBN13:
9780140448146
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
231 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
200 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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