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Lysistrata and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
Aristophanes
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Description for Lysistrata and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
Paperback. Collecting three comedies that show Aristophanes tackling the consequences of war and social upheaval in Athens with his characteristic wit, this title is translated from the Greek with an introduction and notes. Translator(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes, bibliography, chronology. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Addison Wesley
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140448146
SKU
V9780140448146
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About Aristophanes
Aristophanes (c.448-c.385 BC), a contemporary of Socrates, was the last and greatest of the Old Attic comedians. He wrote at least 40 plays, of which 11 survived through the Middle Ages to be read and performed today. Alan Sommerstein is Head of Classics Department at Nottingham. He has translated many of Aristophanes' plays and is the author of Greek ... Read more
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