Lysistrata and Other Plays

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Lysistrata and Other Plays

Author	: Aristophanes
File Size	: 43,6 Mb
Publisher	: Penguin Classics
Language	: English
Release Date	: 19 April 2024
ISBN	: UOM:39015058737464
Pages	: 312 pages

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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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Lysistrata and Other Plays by Aristophanes

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