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Lysistrata and other plays : The Acharnians, the Clouds, Lysistrata

Aristophanes2002
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Writing at a time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes (c. 447-c.-385 BC) was an eloquent, yet bawdy, challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. In Lysistrata and The Archarnians, two pleas for an end to the long war between Athens and Sparta, a band of women 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."--Publisher.
Main title:
Lysistrata and other plays : The Acharnians, the Clouds, Lysistrata / translated with an introduction and notes by Alan H. Sommerstein.
Edition:
Revised edition.
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2002.London Penguin, 2002.©2002
Collation:
liii, 241 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-241)
Linking notes:
Online version Aristophanes. Lysistrata and other plays. Rev. ed. London ; New York : Penguin, 2002
Contents:
The Acharnians -- The Clouds -- Lysistrata.
ISBN:
01404481449780140448146
Dewey class:
882.01
LC class:
PA3875.A28
Language:
EnglishGreek, Ancient (to 1453)
BRN:
218276
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
Southbank Library-LiteratureLITER 882.01 ARISAvailable
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