Lysistrata and Other Plays: The Acharnians, the Clouds, Lysistrata Paperback - 2003
by Aristophanes; Alan H. Sommerstein (Translator); Introduction by Alan H. Sommerstein
Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta. In Lysistrata a band of women tap into the awesome power of sex in order to end a war. 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.
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Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta. In Lysistrata a band of women tap into the awesome power of sex in order to end a war. 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.
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- Title Lysistrata and Other Plays: The Acharnians, the Clouds, Lysistrata
- Author Aristophanes; Alan H. Sommerstein (Translator); Introduction by Alan H. Sommerstein
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, London
- Date 2003-04-29
- ISBN 9780140448146 / 0140448144
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.7 in (19.81 x 12.95 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Comedies, Women and peace
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003269449
- Dewey Decimal Code 882.01
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