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      Lysistrata and Other Plays

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      Collecting three comedies that show Aristophanes tackling the consequences of war and social upheaval in Athens with his characteristic wit, this title shows the political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent, yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the ...

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      Product ID:9780140448146
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Lysistrata and Other Plays
      Authors:Author: Aristophanes, Alan H. Sommerstein
      Page Count:304
      Subjects:Plays, playscripts, Plays, playscripts
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      Collecting three comedies that show Aristophanes tackling the consequences of war and social upheaval in Athens with his characteristic wit, this title shows the political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent, yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist.

      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


      Imprint Name:Penguin Classics
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2003-01-30

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      Weight226 g
      Dimensions192 × 110 × 18 mm