Lysistrata and Other Plays by Aristophanes

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They are The Acharnians, The Birds, The Clouds, The Ecclesiazusae, The Frogs, The Knights, Peace, Plutus (Wealth), The. About 11 of his works are known in full, and they are the only plays of the 'Old Comedy' style to have survived. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. 386 BCE) was a playwright of ancient Athens. Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens. 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.įor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. 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. Buy a used copy of Lysistrata and Other Plays book by Aristophanes, Alan H. In Lysistrata a band of women tap into the awesome power of sex in order to end a war. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta. Collecting three comedies that show Aristophanes tackling the consequences of war and social upheaval in Athens with his characteristic wit, Lysistrata and. Three plays by the comedian of Ancient Greece Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist.

Lysistrata and Other Plays by Aristophanes