Lysistrata and Other Plays

Foreword / AfterwordAlan H. Sommerstein
AnnotationsAlan H. Sommerstein
FormatCollection / Anthology
LanguageEnglish
Year2002
PublisherPenguin
CountryUnited Kingdom
Pages241
ISBN9780140448146
Lysistrata and Other Plays

Writing at a time when Athens was undergoing a crisis in its social attitudes, Aristophanes was an eloquent opponent of the demagogue and the sophist. This collection includes Lysistrata, the hilariously bawdy anti-war fantasy; The Acharnians, a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta; and The Clouds, a satire on contemporary philosophy.

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