Lysistrata and Other Plays
Author: Aristophanes
ISBN: 9780140448146
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 05 May 2003
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
ISBN: 9780140448146
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 05 May 2003
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
